Me either, but I did drive by last week. Bumpass Hell is the largest area of geothermal activity in Lassen
Volcanic National Park (less 50 miles east of Redding, CA). A combination of smelling too much "rotten
egg" sulfer smell in Yellowstone a few years back and my wife's bad back prevented us from strolling on
the Bumpass Hell walkway, but for any that are interested following is a link with pictures of Bumpass Hell.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nationalparklover.com/images/ca/lassen/lassen_devils_kitchen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nationalparklover.com/lassen03.htm&h=480&w=387&sz=39&hl=en&start=13&um=1&tbnid=2INeEMgi6dWkZM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbumpass%2Bhell%2Blassen%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLR,GGLR:2006-24,GGLR:en
I must say I very much enjoyed visiting Lassen Volcanic National Park which is the only place in the world
with all five types of volcanos. I even liked the drive to the Park on SR 44 through the tall Pine trees.
Mt. Lassen at 10,462 feet is the most prominent feature in the park and also the producer of California's
newest rocks when it erupted back in 1915. I was able to get a few pictures of the Peak from various angles,
as shown below.
The road through Lassen Volcanic National Park reaches a summit of 8250 feet. It's got some great curves.
Too bad it's in a national park.
A final thought to leave you about Mt. Lassen, it is believed that Lassen and BrokeOff Mountion were once part
of a much larger volcano, 11 miles across as the base. It is further believed that Mt. Tehama was a thousand
feet higher than remanent Mt. Lassen and that it erupted and broke apart hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Volcanic National Park (less 50 miles east of Redding, CA). A combination of smelling too much "rotten
egg" sulfer smell in Yellowstone a few years back and my wife's bad back prevented us from strolling on
the Bumpass Hell walkway, but for any that are interested following is a link with pictures of Bumpass Hell.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nationalparklover.com/images/ca/lassen/lassen_devils_kitchen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nationalparklover.com/lassen03.htm&h=480&w=387&sz=39&hl=en&start=13&um=1&tbnid=2INeEMgi6dWkZM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbumpass%2Bhell%2Blassen%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLR,GGLR:2006-24,GGLR:en
I must say I very much enjoyed visiting Lassen Volcanic National Park which is the only place in the world
with all five types of volcanos. I even liked the drive to the Park on SR 44 through the tall Pine trees.
Mt. Lassen at 10,462 feet is the most prominent feature in the park and also the producer of California's
newest rocks when it erupted back in 1915. I was able to get a few pictures of the Peak from various angles,
as shown below.
The road through Lassen Volcanic National Park reaches a summit of 8250 feet. It's got some great curves.
Too bad it's in a national park.
A final thought to leave you about Mt. Lassen, it is believed that Lassen and BrokeOff Mountion were once part
of a much larger volcano, 11 miles across as the base. It is further believed that Mt. Tehama was a thousand
feet higher than remanent Mt. Lassen and that it erupted and broke apart hundreds of thousands of years ago.
