Chaos Crags is a series of six, steep-sided dome volcanoes. That "jumble" of angular rock you see piled up all over the place is called, interestingly enough, the Jumbles, created from an avalanche off Chaos Crags that occurred 350 years ago. This huge avalanche occurred from three rock sloughings in rapid succession off of the northwestern face of Chaos Crags. In addition to leaving the sharp rocks through which the park road slices, the avalanche dammed Manzanita Creek to create Manzanita Lake. And the swath of trees you see bathed in the autumn morning sunlight is part of a recovering forest growing atop the original forest that was buried by the avalanche. A testament to the power of an avalanche and the resiliance of trees, right?
Autumn Sunlight Over Chaos Crags And The Jumbles, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Rebecca Latson
Monday, November 7, 2022
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