After
my thrilling sunrise climb of a peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park last year, I had to do it again this year. And now that the trail to the top of Lassen Peak was finally open (for the first time since 2009!), I had to climb this highest point (10,457') of Shasta County and southernmost volcano of the Cascade Range.
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| Sunrise from Lassen Peak, with Reading Peak on the right. |
I left Manzanita Lake Campground in the quiet moonlit-night at 5:00 a.m, where the temperature was 39 degrees F and the wind was calm. The previous night was rainy and gusty, and the top of Lassen Peak had been skulking through puffy clouds much of the previous blustery day.
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| Lassen Peak from Manzanita Lake the day before. |
