Lassen National Park - Chpt III

Shingletown, CA

 

    Mount Lassen as seen from a vista-point above Little Hot Springs Valley. Note the lack of snow as compared with the photos in my two previous passes through the park in posts on 2 and 8 Aug 2011.

 

 

 

    Panning right to cliffs somewhat yellow from the sulfate cyrstals....

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Panning farther right....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Bumpass Mtn (elev: 8753').

 

 

 

 

 

 

    A view of the bottom of Little Hot Sprs Valley.

 

 

 

 

 

    On the left, Brokeout Mtn, remnant of a composite-type volcano which was perhaps 8 mi in diameter; Lassen Peak, formerly St. Joseph's Peak, formed c27,000 years ago on the northern side of Brokeoff Volcano. (Bumpass Mtn is on a nearer ridge.)

 

 

    Brokeoff and Bumpass Mtns again.
    If you're unwilling to take the word of a gelogist that Lassen Peak marks the southern end of the Cascade Range (Mt Garibaldi in British Columbia is at the northern end), note what botanists say about plants in Lassen Natl Park.

    Here's an interesting paragraph from the Lassen NP brochure. "Diversity abounds here because plant life mixes species from the Sierra Nevada to the south, the Cascade Range, and the Great Basin to the east. The park hosts nearly 800 plant species, whereas nearby Mount Shasta has only 485. In the park, 24 Sierrian species occur at the northern limit of their range, and 14 Cascadian species are at their southern limit."

 

 

    Lassen Peak as seen from the ESE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Reading Peak (8701').

 

 

 

 

 

 

    St. Joseph's Peak (aka Lassen Pk) as seen over the Kings Creek Meadow.
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Links:

• National Park Service webpages for Lassen National Park
• National Park Foundation Photos of Lassen NP

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T 17 Jul Actual Route: La Porte Rd bd - Quincy - Paxton - Greenville - Chester - L Almanor CG

W 18 Jul Actual Route: L Almanor CG - Chester Lib - Childs Mdw - Lassen NP South Entrance - Summit L CG

Th 19 Jul Actual Route: Summit L CG - Viola - Shingletown

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F 28 Jul Actual Route: Jcn Alder Point & Bell Sprs Rds bd - Garberville - Laytonville - Branscom - Cleone

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