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Virtual Guidebook to
Mount Lassen and the Modoc Plateau
Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Butte, Plumas, and Modoc Counties, California
Lake Helen covered with ice and snow.

Table of Contents
(listed from northwest to southeast)

Modoc Plateau
Klamath Refuges and Tulelake (3)
Warner Mountains and Surprise Valley (6)
Pit River and Burney Falls (2)
Hat Creek (2)
Lava Beds National Monument (6)
Giant Crater Lava Flow (3)
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Park Road North (6)
Lassen Park Road Summit (5)
Lassen Park Road South (6)
The Cinder Cone (8)
Bumpass Hell (7)
South and West of Mount Lassen
Chester and Lake Almanor (5)
Ishi Country (4)

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Complete Listing
listed from northwest to southeast

The Klamath Wildlife Refuges and Tulelake

Observation platform at the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge. (7-21-07)
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Drainage canal and levee road at Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge. (7-21-07)
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Main Street in the town of Tulelake. (7-21-07)
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Warner Mountains and Surprise Valley

Mount Vida viewpoint in the northern Warner Mountains. (7-4-03)
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Looking south into Surprise Valley from north of Fort Bidwell. (7-4-03)
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The northern part of Surprise Valley, with an extensive dry lake. (7-4-03)
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Irrigated hayfields in Surprise Valley. (7-4-03)
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Main Street in the town of Cedarville. (7-4-03)
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Clear Lake in the southern part of the Warner Mountains. (7-4-03)
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The Pit River and Burney Falls

Potem Falls, in a side canyon of the Pit Arm of Shasta Lake. (7-3-03)
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Burney Falls, fed by a thousand springs. (9-18-04)
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Hat Creek

At the mouth of Subway Cave, a lava tube cave near the source of Hat Creek.
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Inside Subway Cave, a lava tube cave.
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Lava Beds National Monument

The Geography field class 2004 enjoys the sunset from Fleeners Chimneys, a splatter cone. (9-18-04)
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The entrance to Skull Cave.
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On the ladder descending into Skull Cave.
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The lava beds form a natural fortification at Captain Jack's Stronghold. (9-23-06)
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The surface of the lava beds at the Stronghold is very rough and broken.
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Captain Jack's cave, deep within the Stronghold.
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Giant Crater Lava Flow

Ponderosa pine and grassland on Julia Glover Flat.
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A dramatic fault scarp above Julia Glover Flat.
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The fissure containing the Mayfield Ice Cave.
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Lassen Park Road - Northern Section

Manzanita Lake, with a view of Mount Lassen and the Chaos Crags. (7-31-06)
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At the outlet of Manzanita Lake. (7-31-06)
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The Loomis Museum and Seismograph. (7-31-06)
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The Chaos Jumbles, rockfall from the Chaos Crags. (7-31-06)
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Summit Lake, a popular camping area and trailhead. (7-30-06)
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Hat Lake, a beaver-dammed lake, source of Hat Creek. (7-31-06)
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Lassen Park Road - Near the Summit

Pinemat manzanita covering the ground under red fir and white pine. (7-31-06)
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Interpretive signs at the Devastated Area. (7-31-06)
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Summer snow with red algae in the whitebark pine forest on the eastern slopes of Lassen Peak.
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From the road above Lake Helen, abundant snow remains into summer in most years. (7-31-06)
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Lake Helen, still frozen in late July. (7-31-06)
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Lassen Park Road - Southern Section

At the top of Mill Creek Canyon. (7-30-06)
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The road climbs steadily along the steep side of Mill Creek Canyon. (7-30-06)
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The Sulphur Works geothermal area is right on the road. (7-31-06)
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Steam vents in the road cut at the Sulphur Works. (7-31-06)
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Mules ears make a colorful midsummer display. (7-30-06)
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Mill Creek Falls, hard to approach and hard to photograph safely. (7-30-06)
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The Cinder Cone

The Geography Field Class 2006 making camp at Butte Creek on a cold fall evening. (9-22-06)
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Butte Lake, created when a lava flow dammed the valley.
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Bathtub Lake, near Butte Lake.
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Mixed ponderosa and Jeffrey pine forest at the edge of the Fantastic Lava Beds.
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The steep trail up the Cinder Cone.
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West rim of the Cinder Cone, above the Painted Dunes.
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South rim of the Cinder Cone, above the source of the Fantastic Lava Beds.
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Echo Lake, on the edge of the Caribou Wilderness.
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Bumpass Hell

Geography Field Class 1999 at a viewpoint on the trail to Bumpass Hell.
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On the trail to Bumpass Hell.
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Looking out over the Bumpass Hell fumarole and hot spring area.
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The mud pots at Bumpass Hell.
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West Pyrite Pool and the Big Boiler.
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The Boiling Pool at Bumpass Hell.
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East Pyrite Pool and a cold mountain stream, Bumpass Hell.
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Drakesbad, Chester and Lake Almanor

Drakesbad, a rustic resort near Mount Lassen, north of Chester.
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Warner Valley, north of Chester.
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Old company town housing at the east end of Chester
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The marina at Big Cove on Lake Almanor.
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Water-skiers on Lake Almanor.
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Ishi Country

The bridge over Mill Creek at the base of Black Rock.
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Blue oak woodland on Mill Creek.
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"The Narrows" between Deer Creek and Mill Creek.
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Deer Creek Canyon from Highway 32.
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