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The Shasta/Chappie OHV riding area is located about 30 minutes West of Redding and NOT at Mt. Shasta but at Lake Shasta. Redding is about 3 hours north of Sacramento. We chose the staging area off near Keswick dam because you need a permit to cross over Shasta dam and that is where the Chappie staging area is located. The CHappie area is much better developed with nice bathrooms, loading areas and camping/picnic facilities. They even had a camp host! The Keswick staging area is just a flat parking lot with two covered picnic tables and a vaulted bathroom which was getting quite ripe near the end of the summer, I'd suggest not parking too close LOL. The terrain is light to heavy pines on the western side and more manzanita and scrub on the eastern side which is a familiar pattern amongst the cascade range. The trails are numbered and marked by green/blue/black. There are also many unmarked roads and trails through this region, we generally stay on the marked roads and trails so we don't get lost. In some places the green trails seemed a little advanced, I thought they could have been blue, we chose to stay off of the black trails for this reason, even the blue trails could be a bit of a challenge but there are plenty of easy trails as well. There are lots of great views of Shasta Laka and Shasta Dam, you can ride almost to the base and near the top of the dam. Weather is a little more mild, we encoundered drizzle the morning we arrived near the end of September. You can expect great California weather through September but once things change this are probably gets its fair share of snow. There is plenty of recreational activity available here including hunting, fishing, shooting, camping, swimming. Wildlife is abundant as we came across FRESH bear droppings! Should see plenty of birds of prey, deer, mountain lions and other critters. You are required to get a permit to cross the dam 72 hours in advance, so if you plan on camping and using the Chappie facility you'll need to take care of this in advance or stuck trying to take the back way which is all dirt road and VERY slow. I believe the Chappie staging area sign said I-5 was 8 miles. There were maps available the day we were there.
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Sounds nice any body going soon
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