For this field study, I was a little torn between which area would suit me the best. After researching and talking to various people, I was talking to my dad, who was taken aback by the project. My dad (as well as I) has been involved in Boy Scouts for a long time, and had been on innumerable backpacking trips, campouts and hikes, and he told me that Lassen National Park was a fine place for any sort of study. It took little persuasion for me to appreciate the stark beauty of Mt. Lassen after seeing a few pictures online, so I was very sold on that destination. Only one problem: My family was not about to let me go by myself. We decided to leave the morning of the nineteenth of April, camp a night on site, and then come back the following Sunday.
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a federally protected park located near the town of Redding. LVNP is 106,000 acres of mountainous terrain formed by the rich amount of volcanic activity that has persisted within the area for thousands of years. The area has a vast amount of geological features, and is dotted with lakes, crystal-clear streams, thick forests and even sites of sulfur vents and hot springs. The altitude of Lassen Park ranges from place to place, with most of it being over a mile above sea-level, but the tallest point within the park is Mount Lassen itself, which stands over 3,000 meters into the sky; almost two miles from sea level. The peak itself got its name from a Danish blacksmith named Peter Lassen, who guided a trek of immigrants through the area and used the mountain as landmark. The month of May in 1914 kicked off a series of volcanic eruptions from Lassen that didn’t stop until sometime in 1921. Luckily, no civilians were reported killed. On August 9, 1916, Lassen Peak, the nearby Cinder Cone and the area neighboring them were declared a National Park because of the volcanic activity and the sheer splendor of the place.
Upon driving into the park, once we paid for a parking permit and such,... [continues]
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a federally protected park located near the town of Redding. LVNP is 106,000 acres of mountainous terrain formed by the rich amount of volcanic activity that has persisted within the area for thousands of years. The area has a vast amount of geological features, and is dotted with lakes, crystal-clear streams, thick forests and even sites of sulfur vents and hot springs. The altitude of Lassen Park ranges from place to place, with most of it being over a mile above sea-level, but the tallest point within the park is Mount Lassen itself, which stands over 3,000 meters into the sky; almost two miles from sea level. The peak itself got its name from a Danish blacksmith named Peter Lassen, who guided a trek of immigrants through the area and used the mountain as landmark. The month of May in 1914 kicked off a series of volcanic eruptions from Lassen that didn’t stop until sometime in 1921. Luckily, no civilians were reported killed. On August 9, 1916, Lassen Peak, the nearby Cinder Cone and the area neighboring them were declared a National Park because of the volcanic activity and the sheer splendor of the place.
Upon driving into the park, once we paid for a parking permit and such,... [continues]
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