Lassen Park Road (Highway 89)
Lassen Volcanic National Park · near Mineral · Shasta Cascade
Road Cycling
At a glance
- Distance
- long
- Best season
- Late June/July-October only (the road is plowed out and open just a few months a year)
What is here
- Scenery
- mountain
- Amenities
- Kohm Yah-mah-nee & Manzanita Lake visitor centers · Roadside geothermal features · Epic high-country scenery · Camp at Manzanita Lake
- Best for
- A high-alpine national-park pass, the highest through road in the Cascades
- Features
- Tops out at 8,512 ft · Rides past active fumaroles & volcanic peaks · Only open a few summer months · A classic park traverse
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Snow closes the high road most of the year · RV and tourist traffic on a 2-lane park road · No water/services past the entrance stations · High altitude & fast weather
- Beginner friendly
- No
Road Cycling detail
- Nickname
- The Highest Park Climb
- Ride types
- pass · climb
- Road
- mixed
- Climbing
- 5
- Ride notes
- A spectacular high-alpine traverse of Lassen Volcanic National Park on Highway 89, climbing past steaming fumaroles and volcanic peaks to a road high point of 8,512 feet - the highest through road in the Cascades
- Stats note
- ~16.6 mi / ~3,600 ft from the Mineral (SW) entrance to the 8,512-ft high point; full 30-mi traverse point-to-point
- Intl tip
- Only rideable a few summer months (roughly July-Oct) once the snow is plowed out - check the park's road status first. Carry all your water past the entrance, and ride early to beat RV traffic on the two-lane road.
The guide
The road through Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the great high-alpine rides in California - Highway 89 climbs past bub…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lassen Park Road (Highway 89) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.345, -121.601