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WEAVERVILLE ART WALK On the first Saturday of every month in historic Weaverville,
artists open their gallery doors. Live music often accompanies the one mile stroll. Pop-up
artists and vendors add to the experience. upstateca.com/eventdetail/4053/weaverville-art-walk
KOOL APRIL NITES
Miles of classic cars, an officially designated cruising route and
50s-style sock hops are the big attractions. April 19-28, Redding koolaprilnites.com
REDDING RODEO May is rodeo month in Redding, kicking off with a barbecue and dance
and then four days of classic riding and roping events, plus "mutton bustin'"
for the kids. May 15-18, Redding reddingrodeo.com
(otterbar.com) is one of the West's premier
whitewater kayaking schools.
Heritage & Culture
The Shasta Tribe of Native Americans, a
band of hunters and fishermen who lived in
cedar-plank houses with basements, once
occupied much of what is now far-northern
California and southern Oregon. Their pop-
ulation dropped rapidly as settlers seized
land following the discovery of gold in
Yreka and Upper Soda Springs in 1850. To
the east, at what is now Lava Beds National
Monument, the Modoc Tribe and the U.S.
Army fought the last of the Indian wars in
California in 1872-73. In the late 1880s, the
Central Pacific Railroad spurred develop-
ment of the timber and tourism industries.
In the 1970s, New Age seekers began fil-
tering into the area, culminating in 1987's
"Harmonic Convergence," which identified
Shasta as one of the world's "power centers."
Family Fun
The Sundial Bridge is the big draw, but for fam-
ilies the surrounding Turtle Bay Exploration
Park in Redding offers a full day's worth of
activities emphasizing the Sacramento River
watershed, and including a wildlife center,
museum, playground, botanical garden and a
recreated logging camp. turtlebay.org
The
VOLCANIC LEGACY SCENIC
BYWAY
is a 500-mile-long route that
winds from
LAKE ALMANOR
, south
of Mount Lassen, to
CRATER LAKE
in
southern Oregon, with access to most
of the region's major attractions.
upstateca.com/account/
volcanic-legacy-scenic-byway
DRIVE TOUR
SPECIAL EVENTS 2024
the spring, summit-seekers are strung out
along its most popular routes like ants on
an anthill. To get to the top you need an ice
axe, crampons and the skill to use them
safely. But on Mount Lassen, its neighbor to
the south, a well-graded trail runs all the
way to the 10,457-foot-high summit.
World-class fly fishing abounds in the
Trinity Alps, and those willing to walk a
short distance with their rods are almost
guaranteed a spot to themselves. On the
Salmon River, between the Trinity Alps
and Marble Mountains, Otter Bar Lodge
