Cascade Volcanoes Aerial Photography Tour
Date: Jan 19, 2013Trip Report #: 137Partner/Friend/Pilot: John Scurlock
Aerial Photography Trip Report
(winter conditions) (with John Scurlock)Rainier, Adams, Hood, Jefferson, Three Sisters, Crater Lake, Shasta, Lassen, St. Helens, and more....
"Here's what I'd propose: Depart Concrete at dawn and head for Rainier, passing by its east side. Then pass around the east side of Adams and then turn to Hood. Then Jefferson, Three Fingered Jack, and Mt. Washington. Land in Bend for a bit of rest & fuel. Depart Bend for Three Sisters, Broken Top, Mt. Bachelor, Mt. Thielsen, Crater Lake, Mt. McLoughlin, Shasta, and down to Lassen. Then back up to Bend for fuel. Stretch legs, depart back north. Pass by Hood again (sun on west side), then Mt. St. Helens, and finally back to concrete passing by the west side of Rainier. That would be the dream itinerary. This would definitely qualify as The Grand Tour."
-Email from John Scurlock to Steph Abegg, two days before enacting The Grand Cascade Volcanoes Aerial Tour with textbook precision. Baker to Lassen, and back in time for dinner. Wow.
itinerary, Map, stats
7:20 AM : WA: Take-off from Concrete Airport7:41 AM : WA: Sunrise8:01 AM : WA: Rainier *8:23 AM : WA: Adams *8:50 AM : OR: Hood * 9:13 AM : OR: Jefferson *9:23 AM : OR: Three Fingered Jack9:28 AM : OR: Mt. Washington 9:49 AM : OR: Land at Bend AirporT10:45 AM : OR: Take-off from Bend Airport11:02 AM : OR: Three Sisters * 11:05 AM : OR: Broken Top11:44 AM : OR: Crater Lake * 12:27 PM : CA: Shasta * 1:09 PM : CA: Lassen * 2:57 PM : OR: Land at Bend Airport3:28 PM : OR: Take-off from Bend Airport 4:05 PM : OR: Hood * 4:32 PM : WA: St. Helens * 4:54 PM : WA:Rainier * 4:54 PM : WA:Sunset5:46 PM : WA:Land at Concrete Airport
(*="major" volcano)
Flight distance: 1,493 miles!Flight time: 8h59min!
Click on the map on the right to see our flight path, which was made created from the output of a GPS recorder taking a data point of our location at 1 second intervals over the course of the day.
Volcanoes of the Cascade Volcanic Arc
This poster shows the sixteen major volcanoes of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, resulting from plate subduction along the west coast. The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is just an extension of the Volcanic Arc into Canada. These are the volcanoes that are classified a “potentially active” by the USGS; all but four of them (Cayley, Garibaldi, Jefferson, and Crater Lake) have recorded volcanic activity during the past 4,000 years. The most recent major eruption was of Mt. St. Helens in May 1980; the gaping crater of Mt. St. Helens is displayed in the background image of this poster. Other volcanic formations and dormant volcanic peaks are not shown on the map. I created this 18x24" poster in 2011, using a modified image from the USGS website. See my posters page for more of my interesting poster creations.
