Discover the remarkable stillness and beauty of the park in winter.

Lassen Volcanic National Park is best known as a summer destination for mountain lakes, bubbling mud pots, and boiling hot springs, but these geologic wonders are doubly beautiful when trimmed by snow. Contrary to what you may have heard, the Main Park Road is not closed in winter, but plowed on the south side of the park and as far as the Loomis Museum on the north side.

If you tread out on your own, you’ll need a pair of snowshoes or cross-country skis, so be sure to bring or rent them en route. Or take a ranger-led snowshoe walk; gear is included for all participants. All walks start at the Lassen Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitors Center, at the park’s south entrance.

In 2012, Paradise will celebrate the 132nd anniversary of the oldest harvest festival in the state. Some highlights from past festivals were an apple pie 9 foot in diameter, serving 800 people, and a 1,000 lb. apple sauce cake which was 6 feet high. Beginning in the year 2000 approximately 75 area residents volunteered and continue to volunteer to help bake & sell one thousand apple pies made with local apples from Noble Orchard in Paradise.