Lassen Volcanic National Park & Vicinity: A Natural History Guide to Lassen Volcanic National Park, Caribou Wilderness, Thousand Lakes Wilderness, Hat

by Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Whether you're interested in the panoramic view from atop Lassen Peak, or the geological history that produced the craggy peaks, hot springs and mud pots, and scattered lakes of the park, this book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899973299
• ISBN13: 9780899973296
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Wilderness Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Nice guide - more than just trails, too

This book is an encyclopedic guide to the Lassen Volcanic National Park area, including Lassen itself, the Caribou and Thousand Lakes Wildernesses, Hat Creek Valley, and McArthur-Burney Falls State Park.While the book covers its main focus - hiking trails - more than adequately, it also includes more than one hundred pages about the natural history of the area, road logs for driving in the National Park, descriptions of nature trails, and a decent, removable map of the area. Although the main text is somewhat dated (1981), a helpful six-page update from 1999 is included. All this information does make the book a little bulky for hiking or backpacking, so photocopy the pages you'll need before you hit the trail. (And remember that big guidebooks with lots of information are better than those that don't have enough!)The only criticism I have to offer is that Schaffer tends to ramble off-track in some of his trail descriptions, but this is a minor complaint. All in all, a good, comprehensive guidebook to the area.

The best value in hiking books

The Lassen book is great with good trail descriptons. I recomend Schaffer's books to any one who enjoys hikeing. Most of his books come with a map.