As July temperatures stagnate in the triple digits in the valley, hikers, families, groups and individuals are invited to take part in the inaugural "Reach the Peak Hike-a-Thon" scheduled for July 30, ...

At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with explosive force—the largest volcanic event in U.S. history. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake triggered a massive landslide that tore away the ...

This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 edition of the. The Lassen Peak Hike is listed as strenuous by ...

Ah, 162 miles north of Sacramento in Shasta County, stands this Lassen Peak, 10,457 ft in elevation, A trailhead just passed lay Kelly is only 2.5 miles to the summit, but the climb includes 2000 ft ...

Northern California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park is an undiscovered hiker’s dream, and it’s the 31st stop on our 62 Parks Traveler’s quest to visit every park in the U.S. 62 Parks Traveler started ...

Fans of boiling mud pits, hissing steam vents and stinky sulfurous gases may be interested to know one of the most popular trails in Lassen Volcanic National Park opened this week. The three-mile ...

The 30-mile highway that winds through Lassen Volcanic National Park opened for theseason on July 1. Work crews from the National Park Service and the California Department of Transportation began ...