But visitors still enjoy snowshoe hikes and cross-country skiing ... and plug dome—can be found in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where they literally bubble and steam.

Lassen was designated a national park in 1916 ... as if someone was about to make a dramatic entrance. Farther into the park, the Bumpass Hell Trail boardwalk snakes over a curiously colored landscape ...

Skip Yosemite’s crowds and explore otherworldly landscapes with lava fields and steaming fumaroles along epic hikes in this California hidden gem.

Tucked away in far northeastern California, Lassen ... National Parks. The land is maintained and the staff must love what they do, which I appreciate. I like being able to go to obscure places too!