Planning a trip to Mount Shasta and the Cascades
Visitor Information -- Regional information can be obtained from the following organizations: Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association, 1699 Hwy. 273, Anderson, CA 96007 (tel. 800/474-2782 or 530/365-7500; www.shastacascade.org); Mount Shasta Visitors Bureau, 300 Pine St., Mount Shasta, CA 96067 (tel. 800/926-4865 or 530/926-4865; www.mtshastachamber.com); Redding Convention & Visitors Bureau, 777 Auditorium Dr., Redding, CA 96001 (tel. 800/874-7562 or 530/225-4100; www.visitredding.org); and Trinity County Chamber of Commerce, 210 N. Main St., P.O. Box 517, Weaverville, CA 96093 (tel. 800/487-4648 or 530/623-6101; www.trinitycounty.com).
Getting There
From San Francisco, take I-80 to I-505 to I-5 to Redding. From the coast, pick up Hwy. 299 East north of Arcata, to Redding.
Redding Municipal Airport, 6751 Woodrum Circle (tel. 530/224-4320), is serviced by United Express (tel. 800/241-6522; www.united.com) and Horizon Air (tel. 800/252-7522; horizonair.alaskaair.com). Amtrak (tel. 800/USA-RAIL [872-7245]) stops in Dunsmuir and Redding.
Shasta vs. Mount Shasta -- Don't confuse the old mining town Shasta, a few miles west of Redding, with the much larger community Mount Shasta, a major tourist destination on I-5, near the base of Mount Shasta.
