Cinder Cone

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Lava flow near Butte Lake Cinder Cone Volcano View of the different angles of repose on each side
Painted Dunes, with the Fantastic Lava Beds behind them The trail up to the top of Cinder Cone. It's 846 ft total elevation gain for the entire 4 mile round trip trail, but I think it's only 700 ft from the base of Cinder Cone to the top. Hiking up loose cinders sucks. Take one step up, slide half a step back...
At the top of Cinder Cone Lassen Peak The trails along the top
Fantastic Lava Beds, basalt lava that flowed out of ruptures at the base of Cinder Cone Painted Dunes The Painted Dunes get their name from the oxidized cinder and ash that blanket them
Painted Dunes Mt. Hoffman straight ahead Ash Butte straight ahead
The Cinder Cone crater At the bottom of the crater Shit, now I have to hike back up
Wall of the crater Don't slip. Looks like a mini cheese grater. Crater rim trail
Snag Lake off in the distance Here you can see where the lava was flowing out of the base of Cinder Cone View from the west
Painted Dunes seen from ground level There used to be two different parks in 1907 - Lassen Peak National Monument and Cinder Cone National Monument. They were combined into Lassen Volcanic National Park in 1916. Close-up of the oxidized cinder and ash
Painted Dunes Jeffrey Pine along the trail Jeffrey Pine
Lava flow going right up to the edge of Butte Lake Nice aim

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