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June 30, 2020 by Deborah W. Trotter
Two weeks ago, while it was technically still springtime, I was able to visit my favorite National Park again for …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Brokeoff Mountain, Castilleja, Devastated Area, forest, frozen, Indian Paintbrush, Kings Creek, Kings Creek Meadow, Lake Helen, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, mountain air, Mt. Diller, National Park, north entrance, photos, Pilot Pinnacle, Sarcodes sanguinea, snowplants, south entrance, springtime, Sulphur Works, summit, trails
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August 31, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
In the southeastern portion of Lassen Park is a short, steep trail that you can follow up to a gem …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Brokeoff Mountain, Chester, clear mountain lakes, Crystal Lake, hike, Juniper Lake, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, manzanita, Mt. Harkness, pine and fir forest, southeastern, steep trail, swim, trailhead, unpaved road, views
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September 28, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter
Hiking to Bumpass Hell this past weekend felt like a homecoming. I had hiked there many times in my youth, …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: boardwalks, boiling mudpots, Brokeoff Mountain, Bumpass Hell, Bumpass Mountain, children, fumaroles, hiking, homecoming, hydrothermal area, Kendall Bumpass, Lake Helen, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, moderately strenuous, Mt. Diller, National Parks, National Public Lands Day, Pilot Pinnacle, rotten eggs, September snowfall, steaming pools, sulphuric odor, sweatshirt weather, trail head
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March 15, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter
While in the northern Sacramento Valley a week ago, I drove up Highway 36 to Lassen Park, unable to resist …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Brokeoff Mountain, Diamond Peak, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, out of whack, winter
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September 2, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter
The Park is getting ready for winter. You can smell it in the air, you can hear it in the …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Brokeoff Mountain, California, campgrounds, Kings Creek Meadow, Lake Helen, lake levels, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, meadows, quiet, rabbitbrush, shoulder season, snowmelt, spirit, summer visitors, whisper
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March 25, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
According to the calendar, spring arrives in California in March. But what that means in the real world depends on …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 1998, Brokeoff Mountain, Bumpass Hell, California, closed to traffic, entrance station, foot traffic, frozen, higher elevations, Highway 89, hike, July, Lake Helen, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, light snow year, Manzanita Lake, March, May, mischief, mountains, nature, northwest entrance, opportunities, outdoors, Park Service, photographs, real world, Reflection Lake, road closed, road cut, road opening, snow, snowballs, snowplows, southwest entrance, spring snow storms, springtime, storms, summer, through Lassen Park, trailhead, unexpected treat, unpredictable, updates, vehicles, video, winter
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