Editing Mount Shasta, California (section)

==Economy==
[[Image:USA Mt Shasta pano CA.jpg|thumb|Downtown Mount Shasta, California with the eponymous mountain visible in the background.]]

The city of Mount Shasta is located in the [[Shasta Cascade]] area of [[Northern California]].<ref name = coc>[http://visitmtshasta.com/ Welcome to Mount Shasta], Mount Shasta Chamber of Commerce, accessed April 23, 2013</ref> Visitors use the city as a base for [[trout]] [[fishing]] in the nearby [[Sacramento River|Sacramento]], [[McCloud River|McCloud]] and [[Klamath River|Klamath]] rivers,<ref name = 100best>{{cite book | last = Ross | first = John | title = Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams, Updated and Revised | publisher = The Lyons Press | location = Guilford, CT | year = 2005 | isbn = 978-1-59228-585-3 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/troutunlimitedsg0000ross_p0l1 }}</ref><ref name = flyfishing>{{cite book | last = Brooks | first = Wade | title = Fly fishing and the meaning of life | publisher = Voyageur Press | year = 2006 | location = St. Paul, MN | isbn = 978-0-7603-2575-9 | page = 92 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xa2Wah_PmOIC&pg=PA92}}</ref> for [[mountaineering|climbing]] at Mount Shasta, [[Castle Crags]] or the [[Trinity Alps]], or to view scenery.<ref name = coc/><ref name = gorp>[http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/cities/regions/ca_shasta.htm Outdoor recreational activities in area] accessed February 24, 2008</ref> Both [[alpine skiing|alpine]] and [[nordic skiing|cross-country]] skiing<ref name = ski>[http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeSki.php?name=Shasta Mount Shasta {{convert|14162|ft|m|abbr=on}}], Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes, accessed April 23, 2013</ref> runs are available nearby as well as biking or [[hiking]] to waterfalls, streams and lakes in the area, including nearby [[Mossbrae Falls]], [[Lake Siskiyou]], [[Castle Lake (California)|Castle Lake]] and [[Shasta Lake]].<ref name = coc/><ref name = gorp/>