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Lassen 2009, Day 3 - Bumpass Hell

We hiked to Bumpass Hell, which is a geothermal area with hot springs & mud pots similar to what you would find in Yellowstone. The trail head is near Emerald Lake and Lake Helen, and the hike itself includes vistas of mountains and valleys.
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Steam clouds drifting behind a green pine tree at Bumpass Hell. Photographed from the trail to Cold Boiling Lake (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
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Steam clouds drifting behind a green pine tree at Bumpass Hell. Photographed from the trail to Cold Boiling Lake (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)

Steam clouds drifting behind a green pine tree at Bumpass Hell. Photographed from the trail to Cold Boiling Lake 972009Bumpass Hell TrailLassen NP September 72009 Lassen Volcanic National ParkCA

From Lassen 2009 - Complete Trip

  • Blue pool at Bumpass Hell with orange & white ground and green tree behind it (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Vent filled with brilliant yellow sulfur crystals at Bumpass Hell (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Close up of vent filled with brilliant yellow sulfur crystals at Bumpass Hell (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Vent filled with brilliant yellow sulfur crystals, with steam vent and hillside behind it. At Bumpass Hell (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • "Big Boiler" sign at Bumpass Hell (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • White, yellow, and orange ground and green trees in front of steam, seen from the east end of Bumpass Hell looking west (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Pool at the eastern end of Bumpass Hell, with white, yellow, and orange ground and lots of green trees behind (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Self shadow portrait against white & yellow geothermal ground (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Rocks reflected in a turquoise blue pool at the end of the current boardwalk. (Note: On my previous trips in 2000 and 2001, the boardwalk ended significantly short of here) (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Rocks reflected in a turquoise blue pool at the end of the current boardwalk. (Note: On my previous trips in 2000 and 2001, the boardwalk ended significantly short of here) (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Rocks reflected in a turquoise blue pool at the end of the current boardwalk. (Note: On my previous trips in 2000 and 2001, the boardwalk ended significantly short of here) (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • People on the Bumpass Hell boardwalk, with Bumpass Hell and its rising steam. Photographed from the trail to Cold Boiling Lake (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • People on the Bumpass Hell boardwalk, with Bumpass Hell and its rising steam. Photographed from the trail to Cold Boiling Lake (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Steam clouds drifting behind a green pine tree at Bumpass Hell. Photographed from the trail to Cold Boiling Lake (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Late sun on a tree on the top of a shaded cliff. Seen from the trail climbing out of Bumpass Hell. (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Setting sun on Lassen Peak. (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Southerly view of nearby hillsides from the trail (near the Brokeoff Mountain viewing area) (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Southerly view of setting sun on an alpine valley & trees (near the Brokeoff Mountain viewing area) (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Southerly view of setting sun on small peak and trees below the trail (near the Brokeoff Mountain viewing area) (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
  • Setting sun on Lassen Peak (9/7/2009, Bumpass Hell Trail, Lassen NP)
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