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SHASTA SPECTACULAR


YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AT MOUNT SHASTA, INCLUDING YEAR-ROUND MOUNTAIN GOLF BY KEVIN MERFELD


Halfway between Pebble Beach and Pacifi c Dunes, there is an alpine escape where it is possible to play golf year-round. Just 60 miles south of the


Oregon border off Interstate 5, the majestic yet mysterious dormant volcano that is Mount Shasta spares the town of Weed and the unincorporated Lake Shastina from harsh winters. No need to wait until May to


enjoy mountain golf ’s serenity. At nearly 2,900 feet in eleva-


tion, the public Lake Shastina Golf Resort was closed for all of three days last year. That number rose to 23 days this year, but don’t accuse Lake Shastina of harboring fair-weather golfers. “It kills us when we can’t


go out and play,” says Lake Shastina general manager Troy Graves, who has been known to shovel snow off greens to clear the way for his golf-struck 150- plus members. Of course, only 18 miles south and another 600 feet higher in the town of Mount Shasta there is fi ve times as much snow—100 inches a year to 20. The tight and twisting Sandy Tatum and Jim Sum- mers designed Mount Shasta Resort is much more susceptible to storms from the south, while Lake Shastina is shielded. “There will be 5 feet of snow


over there, and we’ll be out play- ing here,” Graves said. On the third day of spring, the temperature fl irts with breaking a nine-hole score of par for a 9:26 a.m. tee time at Lake Shas- tina. Icicles the size of driver grips dangle from the outdoor bag rack. The day


before, the greens


The ninth at Lake Shastina


were cut for the sec- ond time all year.


SPRING 2013 / NCGA.ORG / 29


PHOTO LEFT: KATHY ANDERSON


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