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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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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)
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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)

Vent filled with brilliant yellow sulfur crystalswith steam vent and hillside behind it. At Bumpass Hell 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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