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Consultant presents plan to link Mount Shasta-area towns with regional trails and recreation investments
Summary
A two‑year Sierra Nevada Conservancy–funded recreation plan recommends town-to-town multiuse trails, branded trailheads, fire-mitigation and trail-maintenance programs and highlights the recently opened Mount Shasta Nordic Center lodge as a tourism asset.
Justin Hanson, the consultant who led a two‑year sustainable-recreation planning project funded by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, presented the plan to the council and described priority projects the community voted for, including a regional town-to-town trail network linking Mount Shasta, McLeod and Dunsmuir, a Dunsmuir Head Creek Falls connector, and a McLeod 'around the mountain' trail concept.
Hanson said the plan grew from hundreds of public suggestions gathered in workshops, interviews, focus groups and a recreation committee that helped set priorities. Programs the community prioritized include trail maintenance and fire mitigation, and Hanson noted that locally adopted plans increase eligibility for state and federal funding.
Hanson also noted the Mount Shasta Nordic Center ribbon opening for a grant‑funded lodge, which he said should help draw overnight visits to the community. Councilmembers discussed trail routing, private‑land access constraints and next steps for linkage with active-transportation plans already under development.
