STEEP TRAILS 



Butte, a prominent landmark and an old vol- 

 cano like Shasta, between ten and eleven thou- 

 sand feet high, and distant about sixty miles. 

 Some of the higher summit peaks near Inde- 

 pendence Lake, one hundred and eighty miles 

 away, are at times distinctly visible. Far to 

 the north, in Oregon, the snowy volcanic cones 

 of Mounts Pitt, Jefferson, and the Three Sis- 

 ters rise in clear relief, like majestic monu- 

 ments, above the dim dark sea of the northern 

 woods. To the northeast lie the Rhett and 

 Klamath Lakes, the Lava Beds, and a grand 

 display of hill and mountain and gray rocky 

 plains. The Scott, Siskiyou, and Trinity Moun- 

 tains rise hi long, compact waves to the west 

 and southwest, and the valley of the Sacra- 

 mento and the coast mountains, with their 

 marvelous wealth of woods and waters, are 

 seen; while close around the base of the moun- 

 tain lie the beautiful Shasta Valley, Strawberry 

 Valley, Huckleberry Valley, and many others, 

 with the headwaters of the Shasta, Sacramento, 

 and McCloud Rivers. Some observers claim 

 to have seen the ocean from the summit of 

 Shasta, but I have not yet been so fortunate. 

 The Cinder Cone near Lassen's Butte is 



Peak, or Mt. Lassen. In 1914 its volcanic activity was re- 

 sumed with spectacular eruptions of ashes, steam, and gas. 

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