Cascade Range

The Cascade Range runs from British Columbia in the north to a terminus that merges gracefulling with the Sierra Nevada south of Mt. Lassen in northern California. The California Cascades are drier and not as thickly forested as their northern counterparts. But they are just as lofty. Mt. Shasta tops out at 14,179, second only to Mt. Rainier, and is larger in volume than all its Cascade cousins.

Bumpass Hell

Bumpass Hell is an active geothermal area in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Examples of boiling mud pots, fumaroles and hot springs can be found here.

Red Fir Forest

Red fir trees (Abies magnifica) are native to the Cascades and higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada.

Mount Shasta

Few mountains in the California can rightly be called a mononym. Shasta is such a prominent mountain that it is easily recognized by a single name alone, even outside the border of the Golden State.

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Here we see a mixture of forest and field on the slopes surrounding Mount Lassen. Such natural patchworks of woodland (cover) and meadow (forage) are vital for healthy populations of faunal species.

Lava Tube

The Hat Creek flow created a river of lava that formed this cave less than 20,000 years ago.

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