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LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK: CINDER CONE,
BUTTE LAKE, AND SNAG LAKE
August is a great month to explore the backcountry of Lassen Volcanic National Park. This month’s hike takes you to the top of Cinder Cone (with views of the Painted Dunes) and along the shores of Snag Lake and Butte Lake. There are ample vistas of Lassen Peak, Brokeoff Mountain, and other Cascades volcanoes, and many places for backpackers to find a great campsite to lay out their sleeping bags. This is Hike 38 from100 Classic Hikes in Northern California, third edition. (Find out much more about the book here.) The same route is also described in Hike 14 of 75 Hikes in California’s Mount Shasta and Lassen Volcanic National Park Regions, revised edition. Download the Cinder Cone/Snag Lake/Butte Lake Adobe Acrobat file and print it out.
Painted Dunes, one of Lassen Volcanic National Park’s most spectacular features, viewed from the summit of Cinder Cone. (Photo by Marc Soares)
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DESOLATION WILDERNESS: SYLVIA LAKE AND LYONS LAKE
Our July 2008 hike takes you to Sylvia and Lyons Lakes, both set in the stunning granite mountainscape of the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada. This is Hike 10 from100 Classic Hikes in Northern California, third edition. (Find out much more about the book here.) Note that the file is an Adobe Acrobat file. Download the file and save it to your computer, or just open it and print it. Enjoy!
Desolation Wilderness granitic mountains near Sylvia and Lyons lakes in the Sierra Nevada.
(Photo by Marc Soares)
