These two photos were taken on the trail to the summit of Mt. Lassen. The park is high in the Cascades, even the valleys are at 5,000 feet. Summer is short. It was August when I climbed the trail that leads up 2,000 feet from the parking area to the top of Mt. Lassen. The trail skirts steep slopes, and is covered in slippery snow in some spots.
Boots are a necessity.
Some clever people had ice cleats, and walking sticks. There was a driving wind that made me glad I was wearing a winter jacket. These two photos were taken from the summit of Mt. Lassen. At the summit the wind was so intense that I could only stand in it for a few minutes before retreating behind a group of boulders. Below the boulders I found a cliff that was sheltered from the wind, and had lunch, with my feet sticking out into space- while above thin wisps of cloud raced past.