Guided Tours with Robin Kohn
Sign up for upcoming tours this Holiday Season 2010-2011
Winter Awareness Clinic on skis or snowshoes. See description below.
Saturday, Dec. 18, Sunday, Dec. 19, Sunday Dec. 26, Saturday Jan. 1 (New’s Year Day), Sunday Jan 2. Clinics also available during the week. Call for scheduling. 530-926-3250
Sign up early for the Holidays. $125.00 per person. Minimum 2 people. Call for larger group discounts.
Meet at Shasta Vortex Adventures at 9:00 a.m.
“It’s all about having fun…”
McArthur-Burney Falls State Park
| “Robin Kohn – Mt. Shasta has been Robin’s home for many years and has given her the opportunity to practice and perfect the backcountry skills needed as an outdoor professional and wilderness guide. Robin looks forward to sharing her knowledge, instruction, and experience for safe and fun travel in the Mt. Shasta area.” |
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Mt. Shasta area tours and clinics are operated by Shasta Vortex Adventures, a company permitted by the Shasta/Trinity Nat’l Forest.
 Exploratory Hikes Full & Half Day Tours > Pack a lunch, bring your day pack and come explore the wonders of the second highest mountain in the Cascade Range with us. Hike the varied low elevation terrains (8,500 feet and below) of 14,162 foot high Mount Shasta, including the Old Ski Bowl Trails, Wagon Camp Road, Grey Butte, Green Butte, the Sierra Club Hut, Panther Meadows, Sand Flat, lower North Gate trailhead, and much more. Discover hidden springs, meadows, old growth forests, alpine wildflowers, the mountain’s unique geological history, and the still peace and quiet to be found away from the maddening crowd.
Discover the many natural treasures hidden in The Eddys mountain range, Deadfall Lakes, Gumboot Lake, Lake Siskiyou, Box Canyon Dam, Castle Lake, Castle Crags State Park, and more. Enjoy the many enticing waterfalls of the Sacramento and McCloud Rivers and take a dip (if you dare) in their cool, refreshing alpine waters. Let us know what you’d like to experience, and we’ll do our best to help you accomplish that. Or, let our guides surprise you by taking you to one of their favorite spots. |
 Winter Awareness Clinic – Full & Half Day Tours > Winter Awareness Clinic is an all-day training in which you will learn how to appropriately prepare for a winter trip and what to do for a safe fulfilling experience once you arrive. Such topics as equipment, how to dress, what to eat and drink, familiarity with the area, use of a map and compass, weather, what to do if you get lost or in an emergency, how to deal with injuries, how to prevent winter illnesses such as frostbite, dealing with hypothermia and altitude sickness, reading terrain, and avalanche awareness will be covered. |
 Back Country Ski Trips - Full & Half Day Tours > Back Country Ski Trips are half or full day outings designed to introduce you to cross-country or Telemark skiing. Robin also encourages you to put your thoughts aside and be fully present in the magnificence of nature. You will learn how to be in the elements, conserve energy and break trail, as well as the basics of climbing, side stepping, kick turning, duck walking, and using skins. |
 Perfect Around the Mountain Driving Tour - Full & Half Day Tours > To really get an idea of the volume of this volcano, drive around it. Mt. Shasta is approximately 80 miles in circumference. You will see the ancient volcanic flows of Mt. Shasta, pass the historic Emigrant Trail now known as Military Pass Road, and observe geological and glacial wonders. The following tour offers the most scenic, primitive, and pristine drive around the mountain. Come experience Mount Shasta in its entirety! Experience firsthand the inside of a tephra cone and the intensity of a mud debris pyroclastic flow. Get a close-up view of the five major glaciers and the historical diversion structure built in the 1920′s and 30′s to prevent mud flows into the town of McCloud. This is a driving tour with a minimal amount of hiking to each site – customized to your needs. |
 Scenic Vehicle Tours – Full & Half Day Tours > Scenic Vehicle Tours are for those who aren’t up for much hiking but still want to see as many places as they can in a short period of time. Be sure and bring your camera! Robin will step into your vehicle and guide you to scenic waterfalls, lakes and mountain vistas while entertaining you with local history, geology, legends and stories about the Mount Shasta area. |
 Step-On Bus Guiding – Please call (530) 926-3250 Step-On Bus Guiding involves stepping onto your bus full of passengers and directing you to beautiful, scenic and historical sites in the Mount Shasta area which can include the Lava Beds National Monument, Scott Valley, Shasta Valley and the Yreka area, plus area in and around Lassen Volcanic National Park. Robin will also entertain you with local history, geology, legends and stories about the area. |
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| Mt. Shasta Ice Ax & Crampon Clinic Basic Snow Climbing Instruction Robin Kohn, Alpine Guide/ Mt. Shasta / Backpacking Guide  One day clinic for anyone who wants to climb Mt. Shasta on their own, but who needs instruction in the use of ice ax and crampon use. Or just wants to learn about the basic tools of climbing snow. Designed to give you the basic information you need to climb Mt. Shasta via Avalanche Gulch the regular route. Topics include: Walking with the ax, ice ax self-belay, ice ax self-arrest (from all positions), crampons boot fit and adjustment, walking in crampons, flat-footing, French technique, German technique, using the front points, and glissading. This clinic is designed to give you practical instruction in the use of crampons and ice ax skills which may be used while climbing Mt. Shasta and is not a substitute for basis mountain sense and judgment while climbing Mt. Shasta.
This course is offered through (SWS) Sierra Wilderness Seminars. Learn more… |
To book a tour contact Robin by phone at (530) 926-3250
