Posts tagged 'Lassen'

• Lava Beds NM (August 28) - September 20, 2016

  On our last full day in California, we took the long drive from Reading up north to Lava Beds NM to see yet more volcanic stuff. It was a lot of driving, but we were both interested in seeing a lot more lava tubes after walking through Subway Cave and we got to see Shasta a lot more up close. I also had plans for doing one more SOTA activation.

• Lassen NP day hikes (August 26/27) - September 18, 2016

  After our backpacking trip, we spent the next five days doing much easier day hikes in and around Lassen NP. Sometimes all four of us went, and sometimes it was just one or two people. We saw a variety of things - waterfalls, summits, thermal features, and lava tubes. This post describes the last three full days we spent in the area.

• Lassen NP day hikes (August 24/25) - September 16, 2016

  After our backpacking trip, we spent the next five days doing much easier day hikes in and around Lassen NP. Sometimes all four of us went, and sometimes it was just one or two people. We saw a variety of things - waterfalls, summits, thermal features, and lava tubes. This post describes the first two days worth of activities.

• Backpacking in Lassen NP, Day 3 (August 23) - September 12, 2016

  Our third day of backpacking in Lassen NP ended up being our last day, thanks to a surprise car ride. This day passed through some of the strangest terrain of the entire trip as we followed the lava beds for most of the day and climbed the Cinder Cone. When we got to Butte Lake Campground, we were able to get a ride back to our car at Summit Lake instead of having to go through with our plan of hiking across the park on day four.

• Backpacking in Lassen NP, Day 2 (August 22) - September 9, 2016

  On day two of our backpacking trip through Lassen NP, Lon and I got up early to do an activation of a peak near our campsite. We then met back up with Sarah at the campsite, packed up, and hiked past several more lakes and through a big burned area, then down through a long valley before hitting Snag Lake. This desolate looking lake is on the east side of the park. We hiked along its shore for a mile or two before reaching our campsite just at its end. Along the way, we also changed our plans for the trip.

• Backpacking in Lassen NP, Day 1 (August 21) - September 6, 2016

  In the months before our trip, I’d spent an awful long time staring at maps and reading guidebooks to come up with a good backpacking trip that would satisfy everyone’s requirements. I was looking for something that was about four days long, covered about 30 miles, and passed by at least two peaks I could activate for Summits on the Air. For Sarah, I was looking for something that didn’t have any major climbs or descents and in general didn’t have a ton of elevation gain. For the whole group, I was looking for something that visited several lakes, the Grassy Swale, Cinder Cone, and the Fantastic Lava Beds. I was also interested in a loop so we didn’t have to do a car spot.

• Vacation in Lassen NP - September 2, 2016

  We were on vacation from August 19 to August 29 in Lassen National Park and surrounding areas. The beginning of our stay was a three day backpacking trip basically all the way across the park, while the other days we were based out of Redding CA and did a lot of day hikes and short little trips to see interesting things. Over the next several days, I’ll be posting reports from the backpacking and day hikes that we did.

  I’ll be giving all related posts a tag, so you can browse them all on the Lassen tag page.