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Lassen Peak Trail - 5 members in 13 triplogs have rated this an average 5 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Jul 31 2023
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 Guides 7
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 Photos 2,440
 Triplogs 652

34 male
 Joined Jan 10 2010
 Pomona, CA
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Jul 31 2023
PatrickL • Triplogs 652
Hiking5.10 Miles 2,040 AEG
Hiking5.10 Miles   3 Hrs      1.70 mph
2,040 ft AEG
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1st trip
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Been waiting to knock this one off the list for years. I missed it 10 years ago. I believe the trail was closed that year.

It's a steep climb up a volcano, not much more to it! Tons of people out even on a Monday. I headed to the highpoint where there are two spires. They appear to be around the same height so I checked them both out. The easternmost highpoint with the antennas has a benchmark still intact. Sweet views of Mount Shasta and Lassen Nat'l Park (obviously).
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Aug 16 2022
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 Guides 99
 Routes 1,485
 Photos 16,072
 Triplogs 1,375

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 Joined Jan 07 2017
 Fountain Hills,
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Aug 16 2022
DixieFlyer • Triplogs 1,375
Hiking5.90 Miles 2,259 AEG
Hiking5.90 Miles   3 Hrs   38 Mns   1.82 mph
2,259 ft AEG      23 Mns Break
 
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Lassen Peak (elevation of 10,457 feet and prominence of 5,229 feet) has been on my target list so I decided to make the trip to hike it. Lassen Peak was one of only 2 volcanoes to erupt in the 20th century in the US(Mount Saint Helens was the other).

The hike is on a well marked and well maintained trail almost all the way to the summit. The final 100 feet or so of vertical gain involves a fairly easy rock scramble. There was a snow field to cross not far below the summit, but it was easy to walk across.

After making the ascent of Lassen Peak, we went through the volcanic crater and hiked over to the Lassen Wilderness highpoint. This was the highlight of the hike for me.

I enjoyed this hike much more than I thought I would: the views are impressive, and there is some really interesting geology.

For some reason routescout quit recordind for the second time in 2 days. I had to restart it and it worked fine thereafter. However, the track is a straight line from where it stopped recording to where it restarted.
 Flora
 Flora [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Whitebark Pine
 Geology
 Geology [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Dacite  Volcano
 Culture
 Culture [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Informational/Interpretive Sign
 Named place
 Named place [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Lake Helen  Lassen Peak  Lassen Volcanic National Park  Lassen Volcanic Wilderness  Mount Shasta
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Nov 09 2019
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 Guides 24
 Routes 175
 Photos 556
 Triplogs 107

32 male
 Joined Jun 24 2015
 Broomfield, CO
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Nov 09 2019
lojones5 • Triplogs 107
Hiking5.06 Miles 2,081 AEG
Hiking5.06 Miles   2 Hrs   53 Mns   1.80 mph
2,081 ft AEG      4 Mns Break8 LBS Pack
 
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I've been wanting to hike this again since when I hiked it last year there was a lot of smoke limiting visibility. I am happy to say that this turned out to be a great day to make the hike--sunny with some clouds and very little wind. This is a well maintained and popular trail, with no difficult sections except perhaps a short steeper section to the peak on loose rock. Visibility was fantastic and it was nice to see Mt. Shasta from the peak of Lassen. Perhaps I will summit Shasta some day...but that is an endeavor I have yet to seek. From the peak of Lassen, I could see many of the lakes in the Lassen area and distant mountain ranges. I made it up before the crowds and shared the summit with just one couple who spent plenty of time enjoying the calm weather. There is a small weather station with solar panel at the summit that is used to measure snow depth and temperature. I felt great on the hike up and down, then ate lunch in the Kings Creek area because the Lassen Peak parking lot is very exposed and not a good spot for lunch. My legs began to feel sore a while after returning home in Redding, but they feel much better now after dinner and jacuzzi. I didn't know what I was going to do this weekend, but I'm glad I chose Lassen Peak!
 Named place
 Named place [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Lake Helen  Lassen Peak
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Aug 25 2018
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 Guides 24
 Routes 175
 Photos 556
 Triplogs 107

32 male
 Joined Jun 24 2015
 Broomfield, CO
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Aug 25 2018
lojones5 • Triplogs 107
Hiking5.18 Miles 2,088 AEG
Hiking5.18 Miles   2 Hrs   46 Mns   1.98 mph
2,088 ft AEG      9 Mns Break
 
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Finally hiked Lassen Peak trail! It is a wide and gentle uphill trail with a plenty of visitors and awesome views. The air quality was good, but the views were limited by smoke in the distance. We seemed to be above the layer of smoke and could see just the tip of Mt. Shasta above the smoke in the distance. There was a decent amount of butterflies at the peak and small flowers in some of the rocks. Overall, a fantastic hike but I will have to visit again when it is more clear out!
 Flora
 Flora [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Whitebark Pine
 Named place
 Named place [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Lassen Peak
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Sep 11 2016
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 Routes 1
 Photos 29,225
 Triplogs 1,447

45 female
 Joined Jan 18 2011
 In the Wild
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Sep 11 2016
Lucyan • Triplogs 1,447
Hiking5.00 Miles 2,040 AEG
Hiking5.00 Miles
2,040 ft AEG
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1st trip
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 Culture
 Culture [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Benchmark
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Sep 02 2015
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 Guides 1
 Routes 54
 Photos 843
 Triplogs 189

37 female
 Joined Jan 21 2013
 Delafield, WI
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Sep 02 2015
zukerrach • Triplogs 189
Hiking4.80 Miles 1,959 AEG
Hiking4.80 Miles   2 Hrs   34 Mns   2.94 mph
1,959 ft AEG      56 Mns Break
 
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Day 4 in Lassen Volcanic National Park-- We woke up around 3:30am, layered up with warm clothes, broke down our campsite, and headed to the trailhead. The moon was very bright, so no need for headlamps! The trail was recently redone as a park project, and there is a small brick wall blocking off the old trail, or "scar" heading straight up to the summit; the new trail is graded and smooth. The wind was bitter cold and strong, we really had to lean into it, especially as we approached the summit. Once at the top, we hurried over to a large boulder to block the wind, where we almost literally stumbled upon someone in a sleeping bag. I shrieked, Jared laughed, and the stranger looked pretty startled, too. We stayed up top for the sunrise, and then happily scrambled back down to our heated car. :)

Note: The sign at the trailhead specified that the trail leads to the "first summit," and it looked like the trail beyond that leading to the true summit is no longer in use. With all the signs asking hikers to stay off the old trail, we didn't want to risk hiking on if we weren't supposed to.
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 Named place [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Brokeoff Mountain
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Aug 26 2015
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 Triplogs 348

32 male
 Joined Oct 13 2012
 Tucson, AZ
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Aug 26 2015
iborrego • Triplogs 348
Hiking5.00 Miles 2,040 AEG
Hiking5.00 Miles
2,040 ft AEG
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1st trip
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Mar 08 2015
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 Triplogs 8

34 male
 Joined Mar 24 2013
 Tucson, AZ
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Snowshoeing avatar Mar 08 2015
ChriLaRo • Triplogs 8
Snowshoeing15.11 Miles 4,640 AEG
Snowshoeing15.11 Miles   9 Hrs   6 Mns   2.21 mph
4,640 ft AEG15 LBS Pack
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Snowshoe up Lassen Peak in Lassen National Park. Started early for the snowshoe from the visitor center north along un-plowed CA89 to the Lassen Peak trail head with a few cross country short cuts (most notably around Diamond Peak). Then the real fun began with the trip up Lassen with crampons and ice ax rewarded with a fun glissade back down the slope :).
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Jul 06 2014
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 Guides 9
 Routes 33
 Photos 780
 Triplogs 4,634

44 male
 Joined Nov 25 2008
 Scottsdale, AZ
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Jul 06 2014
Booneman • Triplogs 4,634
Hiking5.13 Miles 1,996 AEG
Hiking5.13 Miles   2 Hrs   4 Mns   2.48 mph
1,996 ft AEG
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I had originally planned to visit Lassen Volcanic National Park on Sunday and Monday during this 4th of July weekend, as this was one of a select few weekends that the Lassen Peak trail would be open due to maintenance. So after we finished the hike on Shasta, Matt and I drove over to the park where I had already reserved two nights at Manzanita Campground. Sunday was the last available day until late August so we had to go for it.

Then we found out the park was having their "Reach Higher Trail Challenge" and we couldn't resist doing all 7 hikes to earn the endurance master status. So in two days we completed all of the hikes detailed in the brochure to earn a commemorative bandana. It was a really fun way to explore the park! These were the criteria:

1) Take and interpretive hike
2) Explore a meadow
3) Loop around a lake
4) Walk about a watershed
5) Hike to a hydrothermal area
6) Discover a hidden gem
7) Climb a volcano
 Culture
 Culture [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Informational/Interpretive Sign
 Named place
 Named place [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Lake Helen  Lassen Peak  Mount Shasta
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Jul 04 2014
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 Guides 111
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51 male
 Joined Feb 16 2007
 Walnut Creek, CA
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Jul 04 2014
JimmyLyding • Triplogs 788
Hiking5.02 Miles 2,040 AEG
Hiking5.02 Miles   4 Hrs   6 Mns   2.08 mph
2,040 ft AEG   1 Hour   41 Mns Break
 
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I really enjoyed this hike despite the large number of fellow travelers. I have to admit that I was a little intimidated about the high altitude because I do far fewer hikes up high than I did in Arizona, but it wasn't bad at all. Of course I took a lot of camera breaks on the way up so that made it easy.

I met an older couple on the true summit, and I was wearing a U of A shirt, and the dude started giving me crap about the Wildcats. They were actually pretty cool as I ended up taking a picture of them with their camera, and also for a few other people, and they showed me where the summit register is. The area between the summit down to the Devastated Area is interesting to see from above because of how mama nature is reclaiming the volcanic debris.

There was a family of 6 coming down the mountain around the same time I was that kept (loudly) singing songs so I had to rush down the trail which was probably a good thing.
 Flora
 Flora [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Unidentified Flora
 Culture
 Culture [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Summit Register Log
 Named place
 Named place [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Brokeoff Mountain  Eagle Peak  Lake Helen  Mount Diller  Mount Shasta
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Aug 13 2011
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 Guides 177
 Routes 249
 Photos 10,213
 Triplogs 2,215

74 male
 Joined Feb 12 2002
 Gold Canyon, AZ
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Aug 13 2011
AZLOT69 • Triplogs 2,215
Hiking5.50 Miles 2,028 AEG
Hiking5.50 Miles   4 Hrs      1.38 mph
2,028 ft AEG
 
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Mid august snows retreating, trail work suspended(trail open), extreme flowers, full moon, no mosquitos, priceless.
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Wildflowers Observation Extreme
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It's best for a man to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open his mouth and remove all doubt.
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Aug 30 2010
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 Guides 177
 Routes 249
 Photos 10,213
 Triplogs 2,215

74 male
 Joined Feb 12 2002
 Gold Canyon, AZ
Upper and Lower Twin LakesNorthern, CA
Upper and Lower Twin Lakes
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Aug 30 2010
AZLOT69 • Triplogs 2,215
Hiking7.60 Miles 590 AEG
Hiking7.60 Miles   3 Hrs      2.53 mph
590 ft AEG
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My main objective was to return to Lassen and complete my hike to Lassen Peak. Once again my efforts failed as the trail was closed for repairs due to a fatal incident I wrote about in 2009. The trail had been open part of this year, but they now have heavy equipment and a lifting helicopter at the trailhead. The noon time temperature at the trailhead was 37, so the seasons are changing. I went down the road and the first new trail I came to was twin lakes so I did this pleasant trail. Not much elevation but it was out of the biting chill and wind of the day.
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
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It's best for a man to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open his mouth and remove all doubt.
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Aug 21 2009
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 Guides 177
 Routes 249
 Photos 10,213
 Triplogs 2,215

74 male
 Joined Feb 12 2002
 Gold Canyon, AZ
Lassen Peak TrailNorthern, CA
Lassen Peak Trail
Northern, CA
Hiking avatar Aug 21 2009
AZLOT69 • Triplogs 2,215
Hiking2.50 Miles 2,000 AEG
Hiking2.50 Miles   2 Hrs      1.25 mph
2,000 ft AEG
 
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This was my main objective. I was unable to complete it this trip. The trail was only open for 1.25 miles because of a fatality due to a rock slide. The trail will not reopen until at least 2010.
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It's best for a man to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open his mouth and remove all doubt.
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