EUROPE: PAN PARKS

Europe’s wild network of Pan Parks

BAY AREA ITINERARIES: Trail Through Time

Back from the first summer camping trip and what a nice surprise it was! We knew Mount Diablo is a beautiful place and we’ve camped there before, but that time we discovered only the tip of the mountain … which we actually touched in the Summit Museum now! We also hiked the Mary Bowerman Interpretive Trail, sections of the Trail through Time and rediscovered Rock City with kids, this is a place to come back to!

G U I D E S

• Mount Diablo Interpretative Association
• Mount Diablo State Park
• Mount Diablo Views | The Diablo is in the details
• Save Mount Diablo

H I K E S

• Hiking Trails of Mt Diablo | Trail Through Time: A JOURNEY THROUGH 180 MILLION YEARS OF GEOLOGIC TIME
• Exploring Mt. Diablo State Park (pdf)
• Mount Diablo’s Grand Loop
• Mount Diablo Through Macedo Ranch
• Viewfinder: Mount Diablo Stars in New Book
• Mt. Diablo Summit Trail to Rock City | Hike to Rock City
• Hikes on Mount Diablo in Spring – Eagle Peak – Rock City – Waterfalls – Weekend Sherpa

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CAMPING ITINERARIES: Lassen Volcanic Park

Short note from the “camping” trip to Lassen for Memorial Day Weekend:

• We “camped” at KOA (we actually had cabins, but there are camp sites too) and liked it. It turned out to be a nice alternative to the crowded campgrounds in the park and a good starting point for the north part of the park too.
• We hiked quite a bit in one day and loved the Cinder Cone in the morning and Bumpass Hell and Kings Creek Falls later in the afternoon. Couldn’t stop noticing how crowded Bumpass Hell was though, so it was good we did it last.
• And what I liked the most was the “new” Lassen, for some reason I remembered it more devastated from the last trip (errr … maybe ten years ago) and found a surprisingly diverse and alive place with soft green meadows still fresh in my memory…

M O R E : Lassen Volcanic Plans