Lassen

(No Lassen scheduled yet for this school year - this is archived from past years.)

Paradise Ridge Elementary School 6th Grade

Volcano Adventure Camp - September 18-20, 2024

Thanks to a generous grant from the Lassen Foundation, we are going to stay two nights at the Volcano Adventure Camp! The schedule below is tentative and we need drivers/ chaperones:

9/18

1:00 - Leave Paradise

3:30 - Arrive Volcano Adventure Camp!

4:00 - Welcome/ Orientation

5-6 - Set up Camp

6-7 Dinner

7-8 Campfire/ Games

9/19

7am Breakfast & make and pack your own lunch

8am Leave for Cinder Cone

9am Hike Cinder Cone

Noon Eat lunch next to the lake

2-3 Explore Subway Cave

3-4 Explore Hat Creek Trail in Old Station

4-5 Ranger Led Activity

Return to camp, Dinner at 6pm

7pm, Ranger Led Program about Types of Volcanoes

9/20

7am Wake up and Clean up

8am Breakfast

9am Ranger Sign-out/Evaluation

9:30-10am Camp Clean-up (leave it looking better than we found it)

10-11 Travel through park to the south entrance visitor's center. Along the way, stop at summit hike trailhead (snow), Lake Helen (photo) and the Sulfur Works. 

11-12 Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center 

Noon - lunch at picnic area

12:30 Leave the park

2:45 Back at Paradise Ridge Elementary School

We will be back after the buses leave, please arrange a ride for you and your gear. These times are tentative, we will have students call on the way home if we are not going to be back at that time.

What to bring:

• sleeping bag/ pillow

• blanket

• toiletries

• towel (for showers)

• sturdy hiking boots/shoes and thick socks

• warm and cool layers (for 3 days)

• waterproof layer

• hat/sunscreen

• water bottle

• med form (if you need it) - due to Mr. H. before the trip

• Backpack

• Flashlight or headlamp

Past schedule for summit hike:

7-7:30am: meet at E6

9:30am: arrive Lassen trail (Hike is 5 miles round trip, website says 3-5 hours. Most middle school groups report close to 4 hours)

1:30: Visit visitor's center

2:30: Drive home

Arrive E6 around 4-6pm

A link to the National Park Service Website:

https://www.nps.gov/lavo/planyourvisit/hiking_lassen_peak.htm

What to bring:

School  shirt (If you have one - if not, a green shirt)

Other layers (Some warmer like a long sleeve shirt, the summit can be cold and windy) 

One WATERPROOF layer. (This can be a poncho or trash bag rolled up in your pack)

Warm hat

Sunscreen

3 water bottles

Extra socks

Sturdy shoes/ boots

Lunch (If you order a school one, you may wish to bring extra snacks from home as well.)

A great attitude!