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 | | Shasta's surface is relatively free of glacial erosion except, paradoxically, for its south side where Sergeants Ridge runs parallel to the U-shaped Avalanche Gulch (the largest glacial valley on the volcano, although it does not presently have a glacier in it) (see image below left). |
 | | Mount Shasta City and Dunsmuir, California, small towns near Shasta's western base, are focal points for many of these, which range from a Buddhist monastery (Shasta Abbey, founded by Houn Jiyu-Kennett in 1971) to modern-day Native American rituals. |
 | | Shasta is mentioned in Lost Legacy, a speculative fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein as the home of a group of men who are masters of psychic powers and who decide to teach the world their powers by enlisting Boy Scouts. |
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