Lassen Volcanic National Park; a complete hiker's guide.

9780899974705

Lassen Volcanic National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park, 106,372 acres (43,081 hectares), N Calif., at the southern end of the Cascade Range. Proclaimed as Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone national monuments in 1907, the two were incorporated into a new national park in 1916. ; a complete hiker's guide.

White, Mike.

Wilderness Press Wilderness Press is a Berkeley, CA based publisher of outdoor guidebooks and maps founded by Thomas Winnett in 1967. Its first publication was Sierra North, considered the authoritative guidebook for hikers and backpackers in the Northern Sierra Nevada (U.S.).

2008

285 pages

$17.95

Paperback

GV199

Like most national parks This is a list of national parks ordered by nation. Africa

See also:

Algeria
Botswana
Chad
Ethiopia
Gabon
Kenya
Madagascar
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia

, visitors to Lassen Volcanic National Park tend to congregate on one specific area without exploring the rest of the terrain. This guide, in its updated fourth edition, gives details and instructions for 95 day hikes and backpacking trips to fully explore the park. Hikes are classified from easy to strenuous, and many are in wilderness areas. Hikes are grouped by geographic area; each listing includes the elevations, open season, trail use, appropriate USGS USGS United States Geological Survey (US Department of the Interior) map, introduction, direction to trailhead, and short description of the hike. A basic map is provided for each one, as is camping information for longer routes. Extensive introductory sections describe the history, flora and fauna, geology, and climate of the park, information on backcountry back·coun·try
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A sparsely inhabited rural region. travel, and a road log, while appendices include a features chart for the hikes presented, animal concerns, nonprofit groups associated with the park, and a guide to websites and phone numbers for information on the area.

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