| Dramatic contrast between lava dam & rest of lakeshore. |
The dam consists of a jumble of volcanic rocks, LOTS of rocks. |
Below these rocks, water seeps north to Butte Lake. |
Lunch on the warm sand at the foot of the Fantastic Lava Beds. |
Heading towards the Cinder Cone, the colors become more varied. |
The andesite & basaltic andesite that make up the lava beds... |
| ...orignate from a Cinder Cone eruption in AD 1630-1670... |
...according to USGS radiocarbon dating of downed trees... |
...and analysis of magnetization in the rock. |
TGM & the GO are dots on the trail sloping up the Cinder Cone. |
A spot of color. |
Back at our Snag Lake campsite. |