For example, a Lassen-area eruption about 600,000 years ago was 50 times larger than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and dropped ash as far away as Merced and Idaho.

Volcanoes at Mount Shasta, Lassen, Mammoth Among 18 Ranked as ‘Very High Threat’ by USGS by: Associated Press. Posted: Oct 25, 2018 / 08:52 AM PDT. Updated: Oct 25, 2018 / 02:47 PM PDT.

When I arrived, one adventurer, Gerald Spini, 80, a life-long skier and native of Mt. Shasta, ... Along the way, I took in fine views of Mount Lassen and marveled in the quiet and solitude.

Lassen Volcanic National Park is a thrilling landscape with gorgeous sunsets. But finding lodging can be an issue. ... Mt. Shasta and Mt. St. Helens, which erupted in Washington in 1980, ...

Distance of such a trip from San Joaquin County to Pinnacles, then north to Lassen, Shasta, Crater Lake and further north to reach Mount Saint Helens will yield roughly 2,100 miles, round-trip ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists have classified 18 U.S. volcanoes as "very high threat" because of what's been happening inside them and how close they are to people.

When a Sacramento weather reporter posted Mt.Shasta as 'most iconic mountain in the lower 48,' X users rushed to defend the honor of their fave peaks.

The West Coast is home to an 800-mile chain of 13 volcanoes , from Washington state's Mount Baker to California's Lassen Peak. ... and Mount Shasta and Lassen Volcanic Center in California.

MOUNT SHASTA casts an aura of power over an entire landscape. That is why people try to reach the 14,162-foot summit. The success rate is about 50 percent, as high-elevation weather is usually the ...

A drive along the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway through Mt. Lassen National Park. ... 14,000-foot Mount Shasta is the rock star up here, ...

Northern California's Mount Shasta was included in the top five Thursday on a list of 18 U.S. volcanoes classified as having "very high threat" by the U.S. Geological Survey.