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Hydrothermal Areas

We hike the trails of Lassen National Park and Caribou Wilderness. Our maps are free to you, the hiker.

member:

Sacramento Valley
Hiking Conference

Lassen Park Region hikes

Butte Lake trailheads

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
short	Bathtub Lake loop	Jun-Oct	2008
easy	Cinder Cone semi-loop	Jun-Oct	2008
moderate	Prospect Peak up-and-back	Jul-Oct	2008
challenging	Fantastic Lava Beds loop	Jun-Oct	2008
uber	Horseshoe Lake loop	Aug-Oct	2008
uber	Jakey Lake loop	Aug-Oct	2008	option of Red Cinder; GPS best

Can I drink the water w/o treating it.? We do, except for creeks draining hydrothermal areas, and where cows graze in the National Forest. We think the risk is acceptable. Make your own decision.

Caribou Wilderness trailheads

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
easy	Triangle Lake semi-loop	Jul-Oct	2008
easy	Posey Lake loop	mid Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Black Lake loop	Aug-Oct	2008
moderate	Cone-to-Caribou shuttle	Aug-Oct	2008	requires shuttle
moderate	Hay-to-Caribou shuttle	mid Aug-Oct	2008	requires shuttle
moderate	North Caribou up-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008	gps recommended

Chester Area trailheads/Warner Valley

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
short	Boiling Springs Lake up-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Devils Kitchen in-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Drake Lake up-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Terminal Geyser in-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
challenging	Kings Creek loop	mid Aug-Oct	2008	ford may be difficult until Sept
uber	Kings Gorge loop	mid Aug-Oct	2008	ford may be difficult until Sept

Chester Area trailheads/Juniper Lake

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
short	Crystal Lake up-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
short	Inspiration Point up-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Grassy Creek short loop	Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Mount Harkness loop	Aug-Oct	2008
moderate	Grassy Creek long loop	Aug-Oct	2008
challenging	Rainbow Lake loop	Aug-Oct	2008

Heart Lake trailheads

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
easy	Heart Lake in-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
moderate	Glassburner Meadows shuttle	Aug-Oct	2008	requires shuttle

Main Park Road trailheads/South area

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
short	Bumpass Hell in-and-back	mid July-Oct	2008
short	Ridge Lakes up-and-back	mid July-Oct	2008
short	Mill Creek Falls down-and-back	July-Oct	2008
moderate	Lassen Peak up-and-back	mid July-Oct	2008	may be snow patches
moderate	Conard Meadows shuttle	Aug-Oct	2008	requires shuttle
moderate	Brokeoff Mountain up-and-back	mid July-Oct	2008
challenging	Twin Meadows shuttle	Aug-Oct	2008	also listed in Up. N. Fork River

Main Park Road trailheads/Central area

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
short	Kings Creek Falls down-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
short	Crumbaugh Lake in-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
short	Paradise Meadows up-and-back	mid July-Oct	2008
easy	Cliff Lake up-and-back	mid July-Oct	2008
easy	Sifford Lakes semi-loop	Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Shadow Lake shuttle	mid July-Oct	2008	requires shuttle
moderate	Hat Creek Headwaters shuttle	mid July-Oct	2008	requires shuttle
challenging	Cluster Lakes loop	Aug-Oct	2008
challenging	Grassy Swale loop	mid Aug-Oct	2008	ford may be difficult until Sept

Main Park Road trailheads/North area

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
short	Lily Pond loop	June-Oct	2008
short	Manzanita Lake loop	June-Oct	2008
easy	Chaos Crater up-and-back	July-Oct	2008
moderate	Manzanita Creek up-and-back	July-Oct	2008

Upper North Fork Feather River trailheads

difficulty	hike name	best season	edition
short	Rice Creek up-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008
easy	Willow Creek in-and-back	Aug-Oct	2008	may want GPS
moderate	Blue Lake loop	July-Oct	2008	may want GPS
challenging	Twin Meadows shuttle	Aug-Oct	2008	also in Main Park Road/south
challenging	Spencer Meadows semi-loop	Aug-Oct	2008

short = short hike of less than 6.0 mi-eq
easy = easy dayhike of 6.0-9.0 mi-eq
moderate = moderate dayhike of 9.0-13.5 mi-eq
challenging = challenging dayhike or easy overnight hike of 13.5 -20.25 mi-eq
uber = uber dayhike or overnight hike of over 20.25 mi-eq
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mi-eq = hike’s miles + (hike’s elevation gain/500’)
in words: each 500’ of elevation gain is the equivalent of one mile

Pacific Crest Trail

see
Sacramento Valley Hiking Conference
(see Collins Pine to Subway Cave for the PCT through Lassen Park)