September 4, 2010 - Lassen Volcanic National Park opened the Lassen Peak Trail to the 1.3 mile Grandview area following a ten day helicopter operation for the Reach the Peak Trail Rehabilitation Project. California Conservation Corps is scheduled to work September 8-15 and 22-29 to assist the park with additional rock work before the trail will be opened to the summit.
The ten day helicopter operation using a Type I helicopter transported 2,244,260 million pounds of material in 705 round trips from the Lassen Peak Parking Area to holding areas on the Lassen Peak mountainside. The rock will be used to build steps and retaining walls.
The Reach the Peak Trail Rehabilitation Project will be a five-year project to widen sections of the peak trail to accommodate visitor traffic, construct a new loop route around the crater providing opportunities to interpret geology and scenery while reducing resource damage to sensitive vegetation, and install a new evaporator toilet. The final step will construct a trail linking the Manzanita Creek Trail to the peak parking lot and improve the Manzanita Creek trailhead parking.
