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September 28, 2017 by Deb 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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July 22, 2017 by Deb W. Trotter
If you were thinking about climbing Lassen Peak this weekend, go directly to Plan B. Because of the record amounts …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: birds' eye views, Coast Range, elevation, hike, Kings Creek Meadow, Lake Helen, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, Mt. Shasta, nature, outdoors, photos, Sacramento Valley, September, trail
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September 2, 2014 by Deb 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 Deb 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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August 28, 2012 by Deb W. Trotter
This week I’d like to introduce you to my all-time favorite National Park. The Park that is a part of …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Bumpass Hell, California, campsites, Cascade Mountains, children, climbing, geothermal, grandparents, hiking, Lake Helen, lakes, Lassen Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, snow, trails, volcano, waterfalls, wildflowers, Yellowstone
