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Approaching the Painted Dunes (center) from the north on Butte Lake to Snag Lake Trail (West). Mount Harkness (center left), 8,046 ft., is in the far distance to the south.
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Approaching Cinder Cone from the south on Nobles Emigrant Trail (East), a hardy fir tree grows in the volcanic sand and ash. At the base of Cinder Cone on the right are some Painted Dunes.
Painted Dunes on the southeast side of Cinder Cone, seen from Nobles Emigrant Trail (East). In the distance to the southeast is Mt. Hoffman, 7,833 ft.
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Joan Pendleton
Jun 29, 2021 near Chester, CA
“Approaching the Painted Dunes (center) from the north on Butte Lake to Snag Lake Trail (West). Mount Harkness (center left), 8,046 ft., is in the far distance to the south.”  

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Approaching the Painted Dunes (center) from the north on Butte Lake to Snag Lake Trail (West). Mount Harkness (center left), 8,046 ft., is in the far distance to the south.
Painted Dunes on the southeast side of Cinder Cone, seen from Nobles Emigrant Trail (East). In the distance to the southeast is Mt. Hoffman, 7,833 ft.
Fairfield Peak (left) and distant Lassen Peak (right), 10,457 ft., are stunning against the barren volcanic ash on the west side of Cinder Cone.
From the rim of Cinder Cone looking southwest: Lassen Peak (upper right), Fairfield Peak (upper left center), and Painted Dunes (lower right).
Inside the Cinder Cone crater
Almost at the top of Cinder Cone, its crater and forested peaks - Red Cinder and Red Cinder Cone (left) and Mt. Hoffman (center left), to the east appear.
Top of the cinder cone.
Approaching Cinder Cone from the south on Nobles Emigrant Trail (East), a hardy fir tree grows in the volcanic sand and ash. At the base of Cinder Cone on the right are some Painted Dunes.
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