Description

Book Synopsis

This comprehensive guide features trips for all levels in Lassen Volcanic National Park.



Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Fifth Edition

Introduction

  • Human History
  • Flora and Fauna
  • Geology
  • Climate
  • Traveling the Backcountry

  • Fees
  • About Lassen and Surrounding Lands
  • Wilderness Ethics and Trail Courtesy
  • Maps
  • Wilderness Permits
  • Wilderness Use Regulations for Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • Backpacking Equipment Checklist
  • About This Guide

  • Symbols
  • Trip Information
  • Trip Description

Chapter 1: LASSEN SCENIC BYWAY ROAD LOG

  • SEGMENT 1: Main Park Road Through Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • SEGMENT 2: CA 44 from Crossroads Junction to Old Station
  • SEGMENT 3: CA 44 from Old Station to CA 36 Junction 73
  • SEGMENT 4: CA 36 from CA 44 Junction to CA 89 Junction East of Mineral
  • SEGMENT 5: CA 89 from Old Station Through Hat Creek Valley

Chapter 2: LASSEN SCENIC BYWAY TRIPS

Introduction to the Main Park Road

Southwest Entrance Trailheads

  • TRIP 1 Brokeoff Mountain
  • TRIP 2 Mill Creek Falls
  • TRIP 3 Ridge Lakes
  • Road Summit Trailheads

  • TRIP 4 Bumpass Hell to Kings Creek Picnic Area
  • TRIP 5 Lassen Peak
  • TRIP 6 Paradise Meadows
  • TRIP 7 Terrace, Shadow, and Cliff Lakes
  • Kings Creek Meadows Trailheads

  • TRIP 8 Cold Boiling Lake and Crumbaugh Lake
  • TRIP 9 Kings Creek to Southwest Campground
  • TRIP 10 Twin Meadows
  • TRIP 11 Upper Kings Creek
  • TRIP 12 Sifford Lakes
  • TRIP 13 Kings Creek Falls
  • TRIP 14 Kings Creek Falls and Bench Lake Loop
  • Summit Lake Trailheads

  • TRIP 15 Summit Lake
  • TRIP 16 Corral Meadow
  • TRIP 17 Corral Meadow–Swan Lake Loop
  • TRIP 18 Echo and Twin Lakes
  • TRIP 19 Cluster and Twin Lakes Loop
  • TRIP 20 Dersch Meadows to Cliff Lake
  • Emigrant Pass Trailheads

  • TRIP 21 Nobles Trail to Badger Flat
  • TRIP 22 Hat Lake to Paradise Meadows
  • TRIP 23 Devastated Area Interpretive Trail
  • Manzanita Lake Trailheads

  • TRIP 24 Crags Lake
  • TRIP 25 Manzanita Creek
  • TRIP 26 Manzanita Lake
  • TRIP 27 Lily Pond Nature Trail
  • TRIP 28 Nobles Trail to Lost Creek
  • Introduction to the Hat Creek Recreation Area and Thousand Lakes Wilderness

    Bunchgrass Trailhead

  • TRIP 29 Durbin and Barrett Lakes
  • Hat Creek Trailheads

  • TRIP 30 Spattercone Nature Trail
  • TRIP 31 Subway Cave
  • TRIP 32 Pacific Crest Trail: Subway Cave to Hat Creek Rim
  • TRIP 33 Hat Creek Trail
  • Forest Road 22 Trailhead

  • TRIP 34 Pacific Crest Trail to Hat Creek Rim Lookout
  • Mud Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 35 Pacific Crest Trail: Hat Creek Rim
  • Tamarack Trailhead

  • TRIP 36 Barrett Lake–Lake Eiler Loop
  • Cypress Trailhead

  • TRIP 37 Upper Twin, Everett, and Magee Lakes, and Magee Peak
  • Magee Trailhead

  • TRIP 38 Magee Peak
  • Introduction to Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness

    Butte Lake Trailheads

  • TRIP 39 Bathtub Lake Loop
  • TRIP 40 Prospect Peak
  • TRIP 41 Cinder Cone Nature Trail
  • TRIP 42 Lower Twin–Horseshoe–Snag Lakes Loop
  • TRIP 43 Widow–Jakey–Snag Lakes Loop
  • Cone Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 44 Widow Lake
  • TRIP 45 Triangle, Twin, and Turnaround Lakes
  • Caribou Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 46 Middle Caribou Lakes Loop
  • TRIP 47 Emerald, Rim, and Cypress Lakes
  • Silver Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 48 Trail Lake from Silver Lake
  • Echo Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 49 Trail Lake from Echo Lake
  • Hay Meadow Trailhead

  • TRIP 50 Beauty, Evelyn, Long, and Hidden Lakes Loop
  • Introduction to the Greater Susanville–Chester Area

    Eagle Lake Trailheads

  • TRIP 51 Eagle Lake Recreation Trail
  • TRIP 52 Osprey Overlook Trail
  • Susanville Trailhead

  • TRIP 53 Bizz Johnson Trail: Susanville to Devils Corral
  • Lake Almanor Trailhead

  • TRIP 54 Lake Almanor Recreation Trail
  • Introduction to Juniper Lake

    Juniper Lake Trailheads

  • TRIP 55 Mount Harkness
  • TRIP 56 Juniper Lake Loop
  • TRIP 57 Crystal Lake
  • TRIP 58 Inspiration Point
  • TRIP 59 Horseshoe and Indian Lakes Loop
  • TRIP 60 Horseshoe, Snag, and Swan Lakes Loop
  • TRIP 61 Cameron Meadow–Grassy Creek Loop
  • TRIP 62 Jakey Lake
  • TRIP 63 Jakey Lake–Widow Lake Loop
  • Introduction to Warner Valley and Drakesbad

    Warner Valley Trailhead

  • TRIP 64 Warner Valley to Mount Harkness
  • TRIP 65 Lower Kings Creek to Corral Meadow
  • Drakesbad Trailheads

  • TRIP 66 Boiling Springs Lake
  • TRIP 67 Terminal Geyser and Little Willow Lake
  • TRIP 68 Drake Lake
  • TRIP 69 Devils Kitchen
  • TRIP 70 Sifford Lakes
  • TRIP 71 Kings Creek Falls
  • TRIP 72 Corral Meadow Loop

    Introduction to the Southern Borderlands

    Willow Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 73 Willow Lake to Terminal Geyser
  • Domingo Spring Trailhead

  • TRIP 74 Pacific Crest Trail: Northbound to Drakesbad
  • CA 36 Trailhead

  • TRIP 75 Pacific Crest Trail: CA 36 to Domingo Spring
  • Spencer Meadow Trailhead

  • TRIP 76 Spencer Meadow Loop
  • TRIP 77 Blue Lake
  • Blue Lake Loop Trailhead

  • TRIP 78 North Arm Rice Creek to Blue Lake
  • Martin Creek Trailhead

  • TRIP 79 Heart Lake via Glassburner Meadows
  • South Fork Digger Creek Trailhead

  • TRIP 80 Heart Lake via South Fork Digger Creek
  • Mill Creek Trailhead

  • TRIP 81 Mill Creek Trail
  • Deer Creek Trailhead

  • TRIP 82 Deer Creek Trail
  • Black Rock Trailhead

  • TRIP 83 Mill Creek Trail–Ishi Wilderness
  • Chapter 3: BUCKS LAKE WILDERNESS TRIPS

    Introduction to Bucks Lake Wilderness

    CA 70 Trailhead

  • TRIP 84 Pacific Crest Trail: Belden to Three Lakes
  • Silver Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 85 Silver Lake to Gold Lake
  • TRIP 86 Silver Lake to Spanish Peak
  • Bucks Summit Trailhead

  • TRIP 87 Bucks Summit to Spanish Peak
  • Bucks Creek Trailhead

  • TRIP 88 Bucks Creek Loop
  • TRIP 89 Bucks Creek to Mill Creek Campground
  • Mill Creek Campground Trailhead

  • TRIP 90 Bucks Lake Wilderness Loop
  • Mill Creek Trailhead

  • TRIP 91 Mill Creek to Three Lakes
  • Chapter 4: McARTHUR–BURNEY FALLS MEMORIAL STATE PARK TRIPS

    Introduction to McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park

    Burney Falls Trailhead

  • TRIP 92 Falls Loop 426
  • TRIP 93 Headwaters Pool–Pacific Crest Trail Loop
  • TRIP 94 Burney Creek–Rim Trail Loop
  • Chapter 5: McARTHUR–BURNEY FALLS MEMORIAL STATE PARK TRIPS (continued)

    Pioneer Trailhead

  • TRIP 95 Pioneer Cemetery Trail
  • Chapter 5: LASSEN PARK WINTER TRIPS

    Introduction to the Southwest Entrance Winter Area

    Southwest Entrance Trailhead

  • TRIP 96 Forest Lake Loop
  • TRIP 97 Brokeoff Mountain
  • TRIP 98 Sulphur Works
  • TRIP 99 Ridge Lakes
  • TRIP 100 Diamond Peak Loop
  • TRIP 101 Emerald Lake and Lake Helen
  • TRIP 102 Lassen Peak
  • TRIP 103 Lassen Park Traverse
  • Introduction to Manzanita Lake and Devastated Winter Areas

    Manzanita Lake Trailhead

  • TRIP 104 Manzanita Lake
  • TRIP 105 Reflection Lake
  • TRIP 106 Chaos Jumbles
  • TRIP 107 Chaos Crags
  • TRIP 108 Manzanita Creek
  • TRIP 109 Nobles Emigrant Loop
  • TRIP 110 Devastated Area
  • TRIP 111 Devastated Area to Summit Lake

Appendixes

I Backpacks and Day Hikes/Winter Trips Features Charts

II The Bear Facts and Other Animal Concerns

III Minimum-Impact Stock Regulations

I V Nonprofit Organizations

V Quick Guide to Frequently Used Numbers and Websites

VI Suggested Reading

Index

About the Author

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    Publisher: Wilderness Press
    Publication Date: 05/05/2016
    ISBN13: 9780899977997, 978-0899977997
    ISBN10: 0899977995

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    This comprehensive guide features trips for all levels in Lassen Volcanic National Park.



    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments

    Preface to the Fifth Edition

    Introduction

    • Human History
    • Flora and Fauna
    • Geology
    • Climate
    • Traveling the Backcountry

    • Fees
    • About Lassen and Surrounding Lands
    • Wilderness Ethics and Trail Courtesy
    • Maps
    • Wilderness Permits
    • Wilderness Use Regulations for Lassen Volcanic National Park
    • Backpacking Equipment Checklist
    • About This Guide

    • Symbols
    • Trip Information
    • Trip Description

    Chapter 1: LASSEN SCENIC BYWAY ROAD LOG

    • SEGMENT 1: Main Park Road Through Lassen Volcanic National Park
    • SEGMENT 2: CA 44 from Crossroads Junction to Old Station
    • SEGMENT 3: CA 44 from Old Station to CA 36 Junction 73
    • SEGMENT 4: CA 36 from CA 44 Junction to CA 89 Junction East of Mineral
    • SEGMENT 5: CA 89 from Old Station Through Hat Creek Valley

    Chapter 2: LASSEN SCENIC BYWAY TRIPS

    Introduction to the Main Park Road

    Southwest Entrance Trailheads

    • TRIP 1 Brokeoff Mountain
    • TRIP 2 Mill Creek Falls
    • TRIP 3 Ridge Lakes
    • Road Summit Trailheads

    • TRIP 4 Bumpass Hell to Kings Creek Picnic Area
    • TRIP 5 Lassen Peak
    • TRIP 6 Paradise Meadows
    • TRIP 7 Terrace, Shadow, and Cliff Lakes
    • Kings Creek Meadows Trailheads

    • TRIP 8 Cold Boiling Lake and Crumbaugh Lake
    • TRIP 9 Kings Creek to Southwest Campground
    • TRIP 10 Twin Meadows
    • TRIP 11 Upper Kings Creek
    • TRIP 12 Sifford Lakes
    • TRIP 13 Kings Creek Falls
    • TRIP 14 Kings Creek Falls and Bench Lake Loop
    • Summit Lake Trailheads

    • TRIP 15 Summit Lake
    • TRIP 16 Corral Meadow
    • TRIP 17 Corral Meadow–Swan Lake Loop
    • TRIP 18 Echo and Twin Lakes
    • TRIP 19 Cluster and Twin Lakes Loop
    • TRIP 20 Dersch Meadows to Cliff Lake
    • Emigrant Pass Trailheads

    • TRIP 21 Nobles Trail to Badger Flat
    • TRIP 22 Hat Lake to Paradise Meadows
    • TRIP 23 Devastated Area Interpretive Trail
    • Manzanita Lake Trailheads

    • TRIP 24 Crags Lake
    • TRIP 25 Manzanita Creek
    • TRIP 26 Manzanita Lake
    • TRIP 27 Lily Pond Nature Trail
    • TRIP 28 Nobles Trail to Lost Creek
    • Introduction to the Hat Creek Recreation Area and Thousand Lakes Wilderness

      Bunchgrass Trailhead

    • TRIP 29 Durbin and Barrett Lakes
    • Hat Creek Trailheads

    • TRIP 30 Spattercone Nature Trail
    • TRIP 31 Subway Cave
    • TRIP 32 Pacific Crest Trail: Subway Cave to Hat Creek Rim
    • TRIP 33 Hat Creek Trail
    • Forest Road 22 Trailhead

    • TRIP 34 Pacific Crest Trail to Hat Creek Rim Lookout
    • Mud Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 35 Pacific Crest Trail: Hat Creek Rim
    • Tamarack Trailhead

    • TRIP 36 Barrett Lake–Lake Eiler Loop
    • Cypress Trailhead

    • TRIP 37 Upper Twin, Everett, and Magee Lakes, and Magee Peak
    • Magee Trailhead

    • TRIP 38 Magee Peak
    • Introduction to Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness

      Butte Lake Trailheads

    • TRIP 39 Bathtub Lake Loop
    • TRIP 40 Prospect Peak
    • TRIP 41 Cinder Cone Nature Trail
    • TRIP 42 Lower Twin–Horseshoe–Snag Lakes Loop
    • TRIP 43 Widow–Jakey–Snag Lakes Loop
    • Cone Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 44 Widow Lake
    • TRIP 45 Triangle, Twin, and Turnaround Lakes
    • Caribou Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 46 Middle Caribou Lakes Loop
    • TRIP 47 Emerald, Rim, and Cypress Lakes
    • Silver Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 48 Trail Lake from Silver Lake
    • Echo Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 49 Trail Lake from Echo Lake
    • Hay Meadow Trailhead

    • TRIP 50 Beauty, Evelyn, Long, and Hidden Lakes Loop
    • Introduction to the Greater Susanville–Chester Area

      Eagle Lake Trailheads

    • TRIP 51 Eagle Lake Recreation Trail
    • TRIP 52 Osprey Overlook Trail
    • Susanville Trailhead

    • TRIP 53 Bizz Johnson Trail: Susanville to Devils Corral
    • Lake Almanor Trailhead

    • TRIP 54 Lake Almanor Recreation Trail
    • Introduction to Juniper Lake

      Juniper Lake Trailheads

    • TRIP 55 Mount Harkness
    • TRIP 56 Juniper Lake Loop
    • TRIP 57 Crystal Lake
    • TRIP 58 Inspiration Point
    • TRIP 59 Horseshoe and Indian Lakes Loop
    • TRIP 60 Horseshoe, Snag, and Swan Lakes Loop
    • TRIP 61 Cameron Meadow–Grassy Creek Loop
    • TRIP 62 Jakey Lake
    • TRIP 63 Jakey Lake–Widow Lake Loop
    • Introduction to Warner Valley and Drakesbad

      Warner Valley Trailhead

    • TRIP 64 Warner Valley to Mount Harkness
    • TRIP 65 Lower Kings Creek to Corral Meadow
    • Drakesbad Trailheads

    • TRIP 66 Boiling Springs Lake
    • TRIP 67 Terminal Geyser and Little Willow Lake
    • TRIP 68 Drake Lake
    • TRIP 69 Devils Kitchen
    • TRIP 70 Sifford Lakes
    • TRIP 71 Kings Creek Falls
    • TRIP 72 Corral Meadow Loop

      Introduction to the Southern Borderlands

      Willow Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 73 Willow Lake to Terminal Geyser
    • Domingo Spring Trailhead

    • TRIP 74 Pacific Crest Trail: Northbound to Drakesbad
    • CA 36 Trailhead

    • TRIP 75 Pacific Crest Trail: CA 36 to Domingo Spring
    • Spencer Meadow Trailhead

    • TRIP 76 Spencer Meadow Loop
    • TRIP 77 Blue Lake
    • Blue Lake Loop Trailhead

    • TRIP 78 North Arm Rice Creek to Blue Lake
    • Martin Creek Trailhead

    • TRIP 79 Heart Lake via Glassburner Meadows
    • South Fork Digger Creek Trailhead

    • TRIP 80 Heart Lake via South Fork Digger Creek
    • Mill Creek Trailhead

    • TRIP 81 Mill Creek Trail
    • Deer Creek Trailhead

    • TRIP 82 Deer Creek Trail
    • Black Rock Trailhead

    • TRIP 83 Mill Creek Trail–Ishi Wilderness
    • Chapter 3: BUCKS LAKE WILDERNESS TRIPS

      Introduction to Bucks Lake Wilderness

      CA 70 Trailhead

    • TRIP 84 Pacific Crest Trail: Belden to Three Lakes
    • Silver Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 85 Silver Lake to Gold Lake
    • TRIP 86 Silver Lake to Spanish Peak
    • Bucks Summit Trailhead

    • TRIP 87 Bucks Summit to Spanish Peak
    • Bucks Creek Trailhead

    • TRIP 88 Bucks Creek Loop
    • TRIP 89 Bucks Creek to Mill Creek Campground
    • Mill Creek Campground Trailhead

    • TRIP 90 Bucks Lake Wilderness Loop
    • Mill Creek Trailhead

    • TRIP 91 Mill Creek to Three Lakes
    • Chapter 4: McARTHUR–BURNEY FALLS MEMORIAL STATE PARK TRIPS

      Introduction to McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park

      Burney Falls Trailhead

    • TRIP 92 Falls Loop 426
    • TRIP 93 Headwaters Pool–Pacific Crest Trail Loop
    • TRIP 94 Burney Creek–Rim Trail Loop
    • Chapter 5: McARTHUR–BURNEY FALLS MEMORIAL STATE PARK TRIPS (continued)

      Pioneer Trailhead

    • TRIP 95 Pioneer Cemetery Trail
    • Chapter 5: LASSEN PARK WINTER TRIPS

      Introduction to the Southwest Entrance Winter Area

      Southwest Entrance Trailhead

    • TRIP 96 Forest Lake Loop
    • TRIP 97 Brokeoff Mountain
    • TRIP 98 Sulphur Works
    • TRIP 99 Ridge Lakes
    • TRIP 100 Diamond Peak Loop
    • TRIP 101 Emerald Lake and Lake Helen
    • TRIP 102 Lassen Peak
    • TRIP 103 Lassen Park Traverse
    • Introduction to Manzanita Lake and Devastated Winter Areas

      Manzanita Lake Trailhead

    • TRIP 104 Manzanita Lake
    • TRIP 105 Reflection Lake
    • TRIP 106 Chaos Jumbles
    • TRIP 107 Chaos Crags
    • TRIP 108 Manzanita Creek
    • TRIP 109 Nobles Emigrant Loop
    • TRIP 110 Devastated Area
    • TRIP 111 Devastated Area to Summit Lake

    Appendixes

    I Backpacks and Day Hikes/Winter Trips Features Charts

    II The Bear Facts and Other Animal Concerns

    III Minimum-Impact Stock Regulations

    I V Nonprofit Organizations

    V Quick Guide to Frequently Used Numbers and Websites

    VI Suggested Reading

    Index

    About the Author

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