Devils Kitchen (Warner Valley)
Warner Valley, Lassen Volcanic NP · near Chester · Shasta Cascade
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 4.2 miles
- Elevation gain
- 440 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Late June–October
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- Yes
- How the permit works
- $30/vehicle Lassen NP entrance. Warner Valley is a SEPARATE entrance from Chester (~16 mi, last miles gravel). Dogs prohibited.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Boiling mudpots & fumaroles · Warner Valley meadows · Quieter than Bumpass Hell · Drakesbad Guest Ranch nearby
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Stay strictly on the trail and boardwalks — the crust around the vents is thin and the ground is scalding. Pair it with the short Boiling Springs Lake loop from the same trailhead.
The guide
The park's other great hydrothermal basin and a far quieter alternative to Bumpass Hell — a meadow-and-forest walk in remote Wa…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Devils Kitchen (Warner Valley) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.4548, -121.396