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Lassen Peak Trail (Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA)

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

Strenuous climb up Lassen Peak Trail to the summit of a recently active volcano with 360-degree panoramic views. Continue reading →

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Devil’s Kitchen Trail (Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA)

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

Devil’s Kitchen is Lassen’s second-largest geothermal area and a thoroughly smelly experience in the park’s Warner Valley area. Continue reading →

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Sibley Volcanic Loop (Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, CA)

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

Despite being located on the Ring of Fire, it is easy to forget California’s volcanic past. Beginning roughly 8-10 million years ago, what are now the Berkeley Hills of the East Bay were the epicenter of a series of volcanic … Continue reading →

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Inferno Cone (Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID)

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Andrew Wojtanik

“A weird and scenic landscape, peculiar to itself” is how President Calvin Coolidge described the volcanic, lunar-like landscape in south-central Idaho when he created Craters of the Moon National Monument in 1924. In the years before the designation, hearty explorers … Continue reading →

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Crater Lake National Park, OR

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Andrew Wojtanik

Oregon’s Crater Lake, America’s deepest lake, is also arguably its bluest. Fed entirely by rain water and snowmelt, this natural wonder and centerpiece of Crater Lake National Park was formed after the explosion of an ancient volcano—Mount Mazama—about 7,700 years … Continue reading →

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Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Andrew Wojtanik

California Route 89—also known as the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway or Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway—spends nearly 30 miles weaving through Lassen Volcanic National Park. In addition to circling the park’s namesake (Lassen Peak, 10, 457’), this scenic drive connects … Continue reading →

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Table Rock Trail (Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, CA)

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Andrew Wojtanik

In his oft-forgotten 1883 travelogue The Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis Stevenson of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde lore writes of a “sylvan solitude,” where “the silence was unbroken but by the great, vague voice of the wind.” … Continue reading →

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