Mount Ashland is the highest peak in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon. It was named for the city of Ashland, located 8.6 miles north of the mountain. The Siskiyou Mountains are a subrange of
Mount Ashland ski area in winter
An aerial image of Mount Ashland with Mount Shasta behind it
Granodiorite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.
A sample of granodiorite from the Massif Central, France
Photomicrograph of thin section of granodiorite from Slovakia (in crossed polarised light)
Granodiorite near the Roses Lighthouse, Catalonia, Spain.