Brokeoff Mountain
Southwest Entrance, Lassen Volcanic NP · near Mineral · Shasta Cascade
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- strenuous
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 7.4 miles
- Elevation gain
- 2,600 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- July–October · Snow lingers on the upper switchbacks into July
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- Yes
- How the permit works
- $30/vehicle Lassen NP entrance. Trailhead on the park highway just inside the SW boundary — needs the highway plowed (typically late June). Dogs prohibited.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Park's 2nd-highest summit (9,235 ft) · Remnant of ancient Mt. Tehama · Wildflower meadows & tarns · Best face-on view of Lassen Peak
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- A real mountain day at altitude — start early, carry 2–3 liters (no reliable water up high), and check for lingering snow on the exposed upper section before July.
The guide
The connoisseur's summit — a sustained 2,600-foot climb up the eroded flank of Mount Tehama, the giant extinct stratovolcano th…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Brokeoff Mountain — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.4183, -121.5305