It prefers the higher elevations, which provide refuge from large predators. High elevation winds waft the mint aroma from bunches of these white flowers, which often provide the only color at the higher elevations of this trail. Native Americans ingested mild doses of this flower to relax. You will enter the Raker Memorial Gateway at the southwest entrance. Drive north another 7 miles to the trailhead parking.
Signs mark it.
The trail to Bumpass Hell goes to Cold Boiling Lake and Crumbaugh Lake. At Cold Boiling Lake, bubbles are often seen rising to the surface from the release of gas underground beneath the lake. But the real show is at Bumpass Hell, where groundwater seeping into an underground magma chamber heats and rises. Walk the boardwalk and watch the mud pots and steam vents in this eerie place. Drive about 17 miles north of the Highway 36 and 89 junction into Lassen National Park.