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Cross-Country Skiing Over Winter Snow, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

A line of cross-country skiers being led over the snow by a ranger at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California

Although all the roads in Lassen Volcanic National Park are closed for the winter, with the exception of a little bit on both north and south ends of the scenic park highway, that doesn't mean getting out and enjoying winter in this national park is not possible. Visitors in the winter will enjoy solitude and no crowds and can sled, snowshoe, and ski over the snow-blanketed landscape.

National Park Service

A 1914 Eruption Of Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)

A black-and-white image of a 1914 eruption of Mount Lassen, Lassen Volcanic National Park

This first week of the New Year is all about a little throwback with national park photos from years past, along with a little trivia. 

Photographer B.F. Loomis captured many images during and after the 1914 and 1915 eruptions of Lassen Peak, and these photos and the unique nature of the volcano and active volcanic landscape around it encouraged Congress to establish Lassen Volcanic National Park on August 9, 1916.

USGS/B.F. Loomis

A Bubbling Mud Pot At Sulphur Works, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

A depression filled with bubbling brown water rimmed by similar colored rocks at Sulphur Works, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

"Sulphur Works hydrothermal area sits at the center of a wide basin surrounded by towering volcanic peaks. Geologists have determined that the encircling peaks (Brokeoff Mountain, Mount Diller, Pilot Pinnacle, and Mount Conard) are all remnants of a large, eroded volcano called Brokeoff Volcano, or Mount Tehama."

Rebecca Latson

INN Member

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