All this recent interest in Lassen got me curious, in terms of finding a place to go corn hunting that is do-able for a spring day trip. Previously I had been thinking that Lassen is too far, but Google Maps tells me it is only 3 hours twenty minutes from home, so it's closer than Shasta and scarcely further than my favorite BC spot at three hours, which has the uncertainty of the road being open yet to the TH at 7K. Plus, Lassen seems to have more snow than either, so will be available longer into the Spring.
Am wondering if anyone has any experience with accessing some good higher BC from the park's North Entrance. LVNP site says that the road from the North Entrance is currently open ten miles, as far as the pleasant sounding Devastated Area. From here it looks to be a fairly open slope directly up to Lassen Peak, on a good NE aspect . Has anyone gone into the higher country this way? The South Entrance road is not open as far, but still gets you into pretty high terrain, which looks promising, but going to the south side of the park adds about an hour each way for me, which makes the north side more realistic, if possible.
Am wondering if anyone has any experience with accessing some good higher BC from the park's North Entrance. LVNP site says that the road from the North Entrance is currently open ten miles, as far as the pleasant sounding Devastated Area. From here it looks to be a fairly open slope directly up to Lassen Peak, on a good NE aspect . Has anyone gone into the higher country this way? The South Entrance road is not open as far, but still gets you into pretty high terrain, which looks promising, but going to the south side of the park adds about an hour each way for me, which makes the north side more realistic, if possible.
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