I-5 North (CA), Mt. Shasta & Black Butte Mountain, Exit 714 To Exit 747

This video follows I-5 North thru the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Includes footage of Mount Shasta and Black Butte Mountain.

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• I-5
• Interstate 5
• Mount Shasta
• Mt. Shasta
• Black Butte Mountain
• Black Butte Mtn
• Dunsmuir
• freeway
• highway
• Shasta-Trinity National Forest
• Shasta-Trinity Nat'l Forest

[rpm773]

That Jersey barrier and the windiness makes this stretch of I-5 look like the PA turnpike.

Mt Shasta makes it *not* look like PA :)

[FreewayBrent]

I only drove the Turnpike at night, during a torrential downpour from 10 p.m. to 3:30 at night, on the way from the DC/Baltimore area to Pittsburgh. Man, that was not a lot of fun.

I took I-79 South to I-68 East to I-70 to access DC/Baltimore, from Pittsburgh. Thought I'd do the Turnpike on the way back, just to say that I've driven it.

[ScrewdUPClickV2]

thats a great stretch of freeway .. it was amazing , i just only wish that it would have got closer to mt . shasta

[FreewayBrent]

...closer to the weed, as well? :-)

[Freewayjim]

Great ride, the music worked well with it.

Parts of the first half reminded me of the West Virginia Turnpike.

Weed...only in Cali :)

[booklover691]

Awesome video. Between scenery like this+ the beautiful coastline it's no wonder people still want to live in CA even with all its problems.

[InterstateKyle]

Great video! One of my favorite drives anywhere! I cannot wait to record this stretch. Favorited!

[rustynalez]

@ZLothKram Ha Ha, you're right about the signs (southbound i think). Used to be quite narrow, I don't know about now. I hit that downhill spot late at night once after driving all day from Seattle. Not fun after driving all day.

[rustynalez]

Great vid, like the others. That drive is one of my Favs when traveling. I'm glad you had it. The Cascades are amazing. I need to see if you have more from further up north.

[rustynalez]

@ScrewdUPClickV2 Weed has a great view of Mt Shasta, it's a good place to stop, stretch, eat and take a look/ take pics.

[aflutes1706]

awesome video love the view of Mt. Shasta



[interstateruler]

I have been through there many time and it was a wonderful drive

[ZLothKram]

One big thing that is missing is when you originally shot the video (At least month and year).

I drove in this area in March, 2009 to Mount Shasta. I would suggest doing both a northbound AND southbound I-5 between Redding (Exit 680) and Mt Shasta (714). After the bridge at exit 690, I-5 does a major split, and at one point, the northbound lanes are 3/4 mile away from the southbound lanes. Also, because of the curves, there are some interesting electric warning signs.

[techman224]

@FreewayBrent California might even legalize weed in November :-)