25 years ago my wife and I were flying down to LA in our small airplane from the Seattle area. Poor weather caused us to have to head across the mountains first and then proceed South on the eastern side of the Cascades. The warm front that was blowing in from the Pacific was creating thunderstorms and we kept having to divert further and further to the East. Things finally began to clear up when we were over Northern Nevada and we turned back toward California. We flew back over the cascades which were completely covered by clouds into a strong headwind and severe bumpiness.
My wife pointed to the North at Mount Shasta, but then I noticed a cloud ahead of us that was actually a peak poking through higher than we were flying. It was Lassen Peak which reaches to approximately 10’500 feet above sea level. It is the volcano in California that erupted most recently in 1921. I had never heard of it before.
Dang, I hadn't either. I just read about it though. It's part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc.
Impressive...
Lassen National Park is beautiful. I’ve backpacked there a couple of times (many years ago). Fascinating to see areas that haven’t recovered from the latest eruptions, those partly grown back, and dense forests. The highway through the western part of the park takes you to a number of interesting volcano-related sites.