Mount Diablo - Summit Trail

8:04 AM - 11:40AM

Same old route from south gate to summit.
10+ miles and 3200ft of elevation gain.
Details captured in 2008 hike.

The only different this time is I got up to the summit in just a few seconds under 2 hour.
Round trip time is just over 3.5 hour.

A little bit faster that the 2 year younger version of me.
That was ~3 hour to the top and 5 hour round trip...

Lessen Volcanic Park - Lessen Peak Trail

8:42am to 11:22am

Lassen Peak Trail Head to Lassen Peak and back
Party: Simon
Distance is ~5 miles
Elevation gain is ~2000 ft
(trail head at 8500ft to peak at 10500ft)
Trail head to Top of Lessen Peak - 1 hr 24 minutes

After the July trip passing through and briefly visited Mt St Helen. I thought it would be interesting to go climb a volcano. Mt St Helen is a bit of a way away and Lessen Peak is relatively a lot more accessible. It turns out to be quite a wonderful hike. The weather is perfect, other than the fact that there was a 30-40 mph wind close to the peak.

Above is a view from a few mile away from the trial head and a "full" view of the trial to the top.

A picture of the valcan eye above is formed by volcano activities pushing a column of rock out from underneath. A reminder of the active earth below. On the right is looking up from the trail head. Below are picture of an interest "building" at the peak, a missile like capsule probably housing an antenna of some sort.



The triangulation marker placed by the USGS. From this point looking north is Mt Shasta. Another California volcano which is part of the Cascades.


A tremendous view of Lake Helen at the base of Lassen Peak.