Aerial view of Mt. Shasta (Charles O’Rear / Getty Images) We’d slid hundreds of feet, but at first glance, all seemed OK. No head injuries or broken limbs. Our gear was intact.

The satellite spotted the mountain "poking its head through the layer of #wildfire #smoke and clouds across northern California yesterday," NOAA tweeted. "With an elevation of more than 14,000 ft ...

The satellite image below shows the various fragments on Shasta as of Sept. 6, although some pieces formed in prior seasons. Pelto said between those 17 fragments, about 2.6 square kilometers of ...