Lassen Volcanic National Park Back-country Skiing Trips

This past weekend was one of the best mountaineering experiences of my life.  About a month ago I got a new AT ski of Garmont Boots, Black Diamond Skis and Dynafit bindings. For those that don’t know this setup is about 15lbs lighter than my downhill setup.  The backcountry setup allows me to put climbing skins on the bottom of my skis (like carpet that won’t let me slide backwards when climbing)....

Treyson and I have been planning to climb and ski Mt Lassen all year and we finally got the opportunity.  The road is open to Bumpass Hell, about a mile from the summit parking lot and it looked like the weather was going to be fine.  We left Reno at 5:30 on Friday night and drove straight up to Bumpass Hell (to sleep in the back of the truck), after getting a...