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Horse Camp is a property on Mount Shasta owned by the nonprofit Sierra Club Foundation. It is a enclave within the Mount Shasta Wilderness of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California, United States. It is located at approximately elevation at the lower end of Avalanche Gulch, the most popular climbing route on the mountain. Horse Camp is accessible from the Bunny Flat trailhead by hiking approximately on a developed trail with an elevation gain of about . The most notable feature of Horse Camp is the Shasta Alpine Lodge, a climber's hut constructed in 1923. Mostly indigenous materials were used for construction, including volcanic rock and Shasta red fir. The lodge can be used for emergency shelter for climbers. It contains a guest register, a library of mountain books, and displays about Mount Shasta. Other features of Horse Camp include a freshwater spring, low impact campsites, and a solar-powered composting toilet facility.〔http://www.sierraclub.org/foundation/horse_camp| Shasta Alpine Lodge at Horse Camp - The Sierra Club Foundation, retrieved September 19, 2009〕 The lodge measures about , and was financed primarily by a donor named Hall McAllister at a cost of $6,725. A caretaker is on duty during the summer months. The first caretaker (1923-1934) was Joseph Macatee "Mac" Olberman (1862-1946). With the help of volunteers, Olberman built a 950 yard long flagstone paved path leading uphill from Horse Camp to facilitate access to the Avalanche Gulch climbing route.〔Roper, Steve, photographs by Wilson, David Stark, Above All: Mount Whitney + California's Highest Peaks, Yosemite Association and Heyday Books, Berkeley, 2008 ISBN 978-1-59714-107-9〕 This structure still exists and is known as Olberman's Causeway. The camp and the lodge are open year round, even when no caretaker is on duty.〔Porcella, Stephen F. and Burns, Cameron M., Climbing California's Fourteeners: The Route Guide to the Fifteen Highest Peaks, The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1998, ISBN 0-89886-555-7〕 Horse Camp is utilized as a mountaineering base camp for ascents of Mount Shasta by Avalanche Gulch, Casaval Ridge, the West Face Gully and other routes on the south and west side of the mountain.〔Selters, Andy and Zanger, Michael, The Mt. Shasta Book: A Guide to Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, and Exploring the Mountain and Surrounding Area, Wilderness Press, Berkeley, 2006, ISBN 978-0-89997-404-0〕 == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horse Camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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