テハマ郡の絶景の山頂・トップ5

Sitting at 8,094 feet, Mt. Linn is the 10th most prominent peak in California. One can gain access to the peak and ridge by taking this spur trail and heading up the western face of the mountain. For day hikers, this marks the start of a day of sunshine with no more shade being cast by the mountain on the southern side.

The main summit trail begins to dwindle in this area. Once the trail disappears, it is easy to follow the ridge proper from the saddle to the summit. The ridge is populated with rocks, wildflowers, and small shrubbery.

The tallest remaining portion of the eroded andesitic stratovolcano, Mount Tehama, Brokeoff Mountain has the second-highest elevation in the park, behind Lassen Peak, which is connected to Brokeoff Mountain, geologically, and can be seen from the summit.

The side trail to Butt Mountain was completely destroyed by the Dixie Fire in 2021. The area is very dusty from the ashes.

Though only marked on OSM/kommot since 2020/2021, a one-mile fairly level trail has long branched off here to Butt Mountain summit. After storms or wildfire you might have to navigate around fallen tree debris for a while until cleared.

Brokeoff Mt is the second highest point in the Lassen Volcanic National Park. It sees year-round activity because of it’s easy access from Highway 89. The round trip from the trailhead (approximately 6,600’) to the summit (9,235ft / 2814m) is 7 miles on the summer trail, and about 6 miles during the winter with a direct snow approach. The southern slopes offer excellent ski and snowboard descents all the way to the car on moderately steep pitches. Views from the summit are of Mt Shasta to the north and Mt Lassen to the northeast. Brokeoff Mt is the furthest west mountain in the park and is adjacent to the parks Southwest entrance. It is three miles southwest of Lassen, and connected to it via a ridgeline. This ridge linking Brokeoff and Lassen includes Mt Diller, Pilot Pinnacle, Ski Heil Peak and Eagle Peak. It is possible to make a ridgeline traverse linking Brokeoff to Lassen. This traverse would involve a few technical sections. Brokeoff Mt is one of the last remaining remnants of a large volcano called Mt Tehama that was at it’s maximum height and girth around 300,000 years ago. Mt Tehama was a stratovolcano that was about 11,000’ and similar in size and shape to Oregon’s Mt Hood. Because of it’s existence during the Ice Age, Mt Tehama was heavily carved away by massive glaciers which left only fragments from Brokeoff Mt to Mt Conard to the east and Mt Diller to the north. The glaciers left Brokeoff with an impressive vertical north face with an appearance that half of the mountain ‘broke off’. https://www.summitpost.org/brokeoff-mountain/150928