Lassen Peak’s elevation and geographic orientation lead to the area’s heavy snow numbers, according to the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office.

In the dense, late April snow, PG&E hydrographers drilled through 211 inches of snowpack Tuesday to reach the gravel parking lot of the Lassen Peak trailhead — by jumping on their equipment like ...

Lassen Peak hasn’t erupted in more than a century. According to the park, there were a series of eruptions between 1914 and 1917, with the biggest being in 1915. “When it erupted back then, it ...

In the dense, late April snow, PG&E hydrographers drilled through 211 inches of snowpack Tuesday to reach the gravel parking lot of the Lassen Peak trailhead — by jumping on their equipment like ...