If planning a visit, these are the top-rated hikes in Lassen National Park that showcase its diverse and untamed terrain, taking hikers deep into its geothermal wonders and volcanic formations.

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 ...