Cinder Cone

Peak

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Traversed place

Lassen Volcanic National Park

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Topics
  • alerts and closures
  • roads
  • trails
  • fire and smoke
  • snow
  • facilities
Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-lassen-national-park

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    The current-conditions page is the operational source for alerts, roads, trails, fire and smoke, snow, facilities, and closures.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-22T19:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

Source: National Park Service. Retrieved: 2026-09-22.

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Which exact Cinder Cone vector branches represent the recommended summit circulation, rim paths, and separate crater descent?

The official dataset preserves 22 additional Cinder Cone Trail features beyond the selected trailhead-to-summit approach. They form nested and parallel rim, crater, and other-side branches, but neither the feature attributes nor the NPS prose uniquely assigns every atomic feature to a visitor role. Wayproof preserves the complete approach and does not guess the remaining circuit.

Open question. Linked evidence does not resolve this gap.

Source profile variation

Dataset approach to base miles
1.24854719
Dataset out and back miles
3.1659347
Dataset trailhead to summit approach miles
1.58296735
Nps published base one way miles
1.2
Nps published summit round trip miles
4
Resolution
preserve both; do not infer which rim or crater circulation accounts for the difference
Evidence and sources (2)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-route-cinder-cone-trail

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    The official USGS Topo Vector trail layer connects the NPS Cinder Cone trailhead coordinate to the cone base with one Nobles Emigrant Trail feature and one Butte Lake To Snag Lake Trail feature, then connects the base to the summit approach with one Cinder Cone Trail feature. Twenty-two additional Cinder Cone Trail features form branched rim, crater, and other-side topology whose visitor roles are not uniquely named in the dataset. Dataset publication warns that temporal changes may have occurred.

    Publisher
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: U.S. Geological Survey

  2. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    NPS describes a 2.4-mile round trip to the cone base and a four-mile round trip to the summit. At 1.2 miles the trail reaches a fork at the base; hikers take the left/south trail, circle toward the south side, and continue to the top. An additional separate trail continues into the crater. The trailhead is near the Butte Lake boat ramp, and current access and trail conditions require recheck.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

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