Mt. Lassen National Park - Outside Beyond The Lens

A drive along the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway through Mt. Lassen National Park in northern California takes Jeff, Zack and David to hidden waterfalls, deep inside mysterious lava tubes and to breathtaking vistas near to the top of a dormant volcano.

[@rushilroy5024]

I don’t get how this doesn’t have a lot more views, it’s such a well made video. Keep up the great work :)

[@ValleyPBS]

Thank you so much!

[@mexicolla]

absolutely agree! this is wonderful work!

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you! We're tyring!! :)

[@gustavocarrillo5103]

People rather watch pointless videos on TikTok

[@Mikehastohike]

Thank you for showcasing my home. Every weekend is a new adventure here.

[@bradjefferson9805]

Beautiful, the Empathy of EARTH is the guide for Mankind. This thought came to me after watching your video.

[@maylaargana9758]

The best video featuring the Lassen Volcanic Natl Park! We were there 3wks ago and plan return to explore for more!

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you!

[@SteveJones379]

EXCELLENT!! Thank you ☮

[@littletpot]

We're headed to Lassen for the first time next month. Wonderful video, and now I'm even more excited!

[@ValleyPBS]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@rochelleegumawid4122]

Well done! I enjoyed it so much! Thank you.. 😊

[@andrewheitmeyer9945]

You guys did an awesome job. The Northern 1/3 of California is the best part of California. Anything north and east of Sacramento is beautiful.

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you!

[@maryeliason1504]

I live in the area because I'm surrounded by beauty. Love the music.

[@darrickmalloy6909]

Do people go missing in that park often?

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

I lived in SF 2006/2007 and went there twice. So beautiful!

[@LTBlightthebeam]

Very well produced video with the right amount of educational content! I love the addition of behind the scenes and tech talk too

[@ValleyPBS]

Thank you!

[@darrickmalloy6909]

@@ValleyPBS how many people have gone missing from this park?

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you! Outside Beyond the Lens is nowing airing nationally on PBS or you can watch all our episodes here.

[@tgchism]

Great video of an area I'm happy to live close to! We're fortunate to get to visit it several times a year!! We love it.

[@jeannedosterwise8460]

Part of my Blessing Living in this area Like being in my front yard

[@jeannedosterwise8460]

I worked in Shasta Trinty Klamath National and Humbolt Forest

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I didn't even know about this place. Thank you so much for the video and information.

[@UncleJams]

What a beautiful trip. I kow that I must go visit this place too. Thanks for the super photos.

[@susanpitlock6601]

That was really cool! I have never been there before and I am just in Eureka.

[@Shansum91]

The beautiful forest has been almost entirely destroyed by the fire of 2021. I wouldn’t hike much of it due to hazards of falling limbs and burned trees, but it is still a breathtaking place to see.

[@ruinsane100]

That is so incredibly sad. Our natural world is collapsing. It's hard to witness.

[@michalrving6641]

Wow!!! What a beautiful video!

[@matthewstorm5188]

A plug dome (like Lassen) is actually NOT the eroded core of a larger volcano. Rather, it is a complete volcano that forms when highly viscous lava is erupted to the surface. Since this lava is too viscous to flow, it piles up around the vent to form a steep sided volcanic edifice.

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you for a much better explanation!

[@williamhiles7404]

Don't know about the pictographs Ishi showed scientists in a cave on Deer Creek, huh? LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@alexandriat5929]

Beautiful place to visit .. really spectacular video 100% thank you.

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you!

[@hayleyrobinson4979]

Great video!! This was so beautifully done. I also loved seeing the Stand By Me Bridge. I recognized it instantly.

[@JohnHenry2420]

I moved there from the city and love it here especially love the isolation....only 10 minutes from the falls...only thing i miss is In and out burgers !!~

[@kylebayliff1712]

The Volcanic Senic Byway is gorgeous, but you barely touched on the park itself. Bumpass Hell blows the Sulfur Works out of the water when it comes to geothermal features, and there's a huge area in the Eastern part of the park that is not accessible directly from HWY 89: Juniper Lake, the Devil's Kitchen, Boiling Springs Lake, the painted dunes, the cinder cone, Butte Lake and the Fantastic Lava Beds. Well worth another visit, I think.

[@coylefamily4]

So true!!

[@brianvirgin2995]

Very nice. It reminds me of the days I was "courting" my wife. She's Norwegian, from Stryn, so a bit blase. But she loved the backside of the Sierras and Lassen area.

[@redbarron6559]

Very cool video, guys!

[@nagillig]

First time I came across one of your videos, and so glad I did. Great video of Lassen. I live in the valley and have spent a lot of time up near Lassen Park. Such a special place and not as overrun as most of the National Parks.

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thanks, Rick!

[@LoriHille-wq3ie]

Hey, I grew up in Red Bluff, there are a few things I wanted to share. The Subway Cave, was once used as a hiding place for (I think Maidu) however I could be wrong about which tribe. Regardless, it was a tribe lol and they hid inside that cave for months to avoid being massacred by General Custer and his troops. He came to "extinguish" the natives from their land. But they were nowhere to be found. One of my favorite stories told to us by the Forestry guides on a high school field trip. I would imagine you could get details from The Lassen forest rangers. Also.... Mt Lassen last erupted in 1914- 1917. Blew the top off of Lassen and created Brokeoff Mountain. Loved the ice cave...that is a new one for me.. thanks much!

[@williamhiles7404]

You're correct. Konkow-Maidu. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@jesseonamotorcycle]

Awesome video 👍🏼

[@lindadechiazza2924]

Everything visual wonderfully done my compliments...mount lassen had a steam ( effusive ) eruption in 1915

[@robertagregory7177]

On my bucket list. I’m 68… Had any of this burned this year in all the fires 😢

[@katz4dancing]

Nicely done guys, keep it up!!

[@ValleyPBS]

Thanks a ton!

[@shupingyin8082]

I agree , the cinematography is great. Love the narrator’s voice too.

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you, very much!

[@dalecarpenter8828]

When you travel the world becaome a much much larger place !

[@cmchatton1680]

Very well done video! I subscribed and I'm looking forward to enjoying more of your stellar videos! John McHatton

[@ValleyPBS]

Awesome, thank you!

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you!

[@kosycat1]

I never made it to Lassen or Shasta, but The Mount Lassic wilderness its almost just as nice, I could see both from black lassic easily though

[@michaellarish3606]

Great video. However, one correction. Lassen had a major eruption on May 22, 1915.

[@goldfieldfireworks7352]

Lassen Volcanic National Park

[@jeramywatembach8673]

True Norcal!!!

[@naturalthomas9157]

I was just their last week and hiked to Bumpass Hell for the first time. If you visit the park and don't visit Bumpass, well, you've missed a major feature of the park.

[@darrickmalloy6909]

How many people have gone missing in this park?

[@jeffaiello6646]

No idea.

[@abhukk]

Where can we see these photos you mentioned

[@Ionlyexistpardner.]

Never thought that there is an active volcano in CA.

[@williamhiles7404]

Several. Mt. Shasta is another. Then there's the Mammoth Caldera. And there's several others in the vicinity of Clear Lake. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@cf5914]

So you travel just a little underground and it gets dramatically colder and yet we are meant to believe there is little a molten core powering Lassen itself? Makes sense... Or maybe we are just looking at a discarded spoil tip.

[@jeffaiello6646]

The Jot Dean cave still boggles my mind for the reason you just listed. Crazy place.

[@cf5914]

@@jeffaiello6646 We should be questioning these things. The deepest anyone has ever dug into the earth is two miles, so how do we know it has a molten core. The metals that they say make up the molten core are no longer ferrous once they reach a molten state, so how could they be creating a magnetic field? How do we know that there are lava tubes? Why are spoil tips undisguisable from volcanoes? They "erupt" in exactly the same way. One "erupted" in Ukraine not so long ago, but it is very difficult to find the footage of that now.

[@locomike1219]

It's "Lassen Volcanic National Park" and your thumbnail showed Yosemite. Good content, but get your facts straight.

[@jeffaiello6646]

We'll look at the thumbnail again. I know Yosemite. I grew up there! :)

[@brianfoxworthe]

​@@jeffaiello6646The thumbnail is not Yosemite. It's an image of the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.

[@72marshflower15]

Ah man I watched all that to realize the thumbnail pic isn’t in the episode and likely not even Lassen Natl park.

[@brianfoxworthe]

You are right about the thumbnail. It's not Lassen. In fact, it's not even in North America. It's an image of the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.

[@skywolf2012]

Can't wait to go 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲maybe I'll see Bigfoot

[@jameshallahan4376]

John f Kennedy visited lassen - cool - me too

[@Oscarstein]

Flying drones in National Parks… Terrible.

[@jeffaiello6646]

We didn't fly in the park. We flew outside the boundary looking back in towards the south entrance. We honor that rule and use Google Earth for fly overs in lieu of drones.

[@yehoshua77]

It is "Lassen National Park" not "Mount Lassen." The summit is called Lassen Peak.

[@thehernandezadventures]

I still call it Mount Lassen No big deal

[@iguillo]

Actually, the name is "Lassen Volcanic National Park". 😉

[@jamiedbg51]

Sorry but Lassen last erupted from 1914-1917 NOT in the 1600’s. Thats basic knowledge to anyone who enters the park. Perhaps do your homework next time.

[@jeffaiello6646]

We did our homework but got stuck on technical terms. The 1914-17 event isn't widely considered a major eruption but after really diving into it, I think it was. You're right, we should have listed this differently.

[@bfranco1519]

Bigfoot country…

[@helenpomerleau6455]

The most recent eruptive activity at Lassen Peak (California) took place in 1914-1917. This eruptive episode began on May 30, 1914, when a small phreatic eruption occurred at a new vent near the summit of the peak. More than 150 explosions of various sizes occurred during the following year.

[@jeffaiello6646]

Yep...we got this wrong. I was looking back at major eruptions and even though the 1914-17 events weren't considered that by most vulcanologists, they really were and I should have referred to these eruptions in the show. Thank you.

[@andyhorning6732]

Spent several summers of my youth as a park rangers kid living in Lassen in the 60’s. Wonderful memories.

[@peteandresenfamilyadventur8742]

I've been going to Lassen for 50 years and I didn't know some of this! Thank you!!!

[@joannefonceca7446]

Me too.I didn't know about the ice cave.very cool.

[@criscoleman]

@@joannefonceca7446 No pun intended.

[@darrickmalloy6909]

How many people have gone missing from this park?

[@hectorperez-nj5ok]

any doubts that God made this? He has a very interesting imagination for His gifts, better than a landscape paint.

[@jumpingsloth3963]

I've always loved the alpine Meadows of lassen.

[@gasgo6606]

100% worth the watch. you guys, PLEASE keeps doing videos like this!

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thank you! We have 30 episodes now airing on PBS nationwide. You can find all the shows on KZbin too. Check out the Outisde Beyond The Lens channel.

[@Derangedteddy]

Stunning views and amazing camera work! Thank you!

[@frankblangeard8865]

Highway 89 does not go "all the way up and over ten thousand foot Lassen Peak" 21:51. Highway 89 goes over a shoulder of Lassen Peak. If you want to get to the top at 10,460 feet you will need to climb about 2000 feet of elevation on a two mile trail. Also, most of this video is not in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

[@hidilley]

It's become super crowded now, sadly...was there this summer and sitting in lines of cars on the road through the park at every possible landmark. Cars parked all over the sides of the road because parking lots were full, but it used to be an lesser known gem. Thankfully we were able to do some backcountry backpacking and that helped us remember the way it used to be. :)

[@sumosupremeking360]

I’ve been to Burney Falls before, but if I would’ve known that the “Stand by me” bridge was so close by I would’ve made the trip to go see it while I was there

[@TheRealTomWendel]

One of my favorite national parks! Anyone traveling there should not miss Bumpass Hell and the 2000’ climb of Lassen Peak to the summit.

[@jamiedbg51]

Actually Lassen last erupted in 1921. It erupted violently in 1915. It is an amazing place to hike. You have to hike to Bumpass Hell bc that is truly another world. But perhaps fact check before you do another. Lassen is an incredible volcanic center and is VERY active, as is Medicine Lake. :/

[@iguillo]

I visited Lassen and drove the scenic byway between there and Mt shasta, during summer of 2021. It was a great trip!

[@karenabel6218]

Excellent video, thank you for posting on KZbin.

[@philhardwick100]

Great job guys. Been there. Brought back great memories. Thanks.

[@JesseGallego-pb2bk]

Living close to Mount Shasta all my life got me interested in this one to check out. Getting the info to plan my trip.

[@EM-xc2yp]

Ayahuasca ceremonies are awesome there

[@ChouetteViolette]

Where was the trail that had obsidian?

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

Last eruption of Mt. Lassen was in 1915!

[@shupingyin8082]

Beautifully done

[@jeramywatembach8673]

My Home!!!!!

[@richardmorrison2686]

Very nice well done

[@RayUrnerphoto]

One of my fave parks to photograph - thanks for putting this together!

[@coylefamily4]

Thank you for making this video. I grew up in Chester/Lake Almanor and have lived in Illinois for the last 14 years. Miss the amazing beauty of Mt. Lassen and surrounding area and it was so good to be able to watch this and get a taste of home!

[@ulmoe9474]

Wow, this was legit! Subbed.

[@ValleyPBS]

Thanks for the sub!

[@jeffaiello6646]

Thanks!

[@billhackley3540]

couldn't watch, to dramatic, it's just a park