Three hikes into Lassen, from easy to all day
A flat 1.7 mile loop, a 3 mile hydrothermal basin, and a 5 mile summit climb, all from the Park Service’s own numbers.
Read itNotes from the desk
Read more about the area
Ten shorter pieces alongside our three full area guides: trails, water, driving, and the honest detail on what a stay here actually includes.
Every post below carries its own sources and the date we checked them.
- Ten posts, and growing
- Every figure carries a source
- Three full area guides live separately
- New posts land here first
All ten posts
Getting on Lake Almanor when you are not fishing
The two public boat launches, swim beaches, and the paved trail down the west shore.
Read itChain control on Highway 36 and 89, explained
What R1, R2 and R3 actually mean, and what a citation costs if you skip them.
Read itFishing water near Cedar Lodge, beyond the lake
The North Fork Feather River, Warner Creek and Domingo Springs, and what a California license costs.
Read itDriving to Cedar Lodge from Reno and Sacramento
The two routes in, the mountain summits each one crosses, and what changes in winter.
Read itRV sites at Cedar Lodge, explained
What full hookup means here, and why we sell a site rather than a pad number today.
Read itThe house, for a family or two
Three bedrooms, two baths, six beds, a full kitchen and a fenced back yard, room by room.
Read itDogs at Cedar Lodge, and what a service animal is owed
Our pet policy in full, and the federal and California law that governs a service animal.
Read itWhy book direct at Cedar Lodge
No fees added, two cancellation rights, and the one thing direct booking does not get you yet.
Read itA season calendar for Cedar Lodge
Weather, road access and what is open, month by month. No prices, on purpose.
Read itThe three full area guides
These are longer and more thorough than anything above: complete road tables, complete regulation citations, and every source we checked to write them.
Into Lassen from our side
The two entrances that start in Chester, seven years of park highway opening dates, entrance fees, and the honest version of the Dixie Fire.
Read the Lassen guideLake Almanor, all year
The statewide trout rule and the tributary rule, quoted from the California Code of Regulations.
Read the lake guideWhen the snow comes
Five snowmobile staging areas, the park’s ten dollar winter fee, and the sled dog race site on our own road.
Read the winter guideWhere you sleep
At the junction of Highway 36 and Highway 89, three miles west of Chester, open every month of the year.
Motel rooms From $125+ a night plus county tax.
The house From $225+ a night plus county tax.
RV sites From $60+ a night plus county tax.
No booking fee, no resort fee, no cleaning fee. Plumas County adds 9% occupancy tax and a 3% tourism district assessment. First bookable night is 30 September 2026.