Bumpass Mountain is a mountain located south of
Lassen Peak in
Lassen Volcanic National Park,
California
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. It rises to an elevation of near
Bumpass Hell
The geothermal areas in Lassen Volcanic National Park include several groups of hot springs and fumaroles, as remnants of former volcanic activity, exist in Lassen Volcanic National Park in northeastern California. Most of these lie in or are cl ...
and
Lake Helen.
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The mountain receives heavy snowfall during the winter, which can lead to deep snowpacks of over 300 inches (7.6 m) near the mountain.
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Both the mountain and Bumpass Hell were named in honor of
Kendall V. Bumpass, a hunter, guide and prospector in the area around
Red Bluff, California
Red Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 14,710 at the 2020 census, up from 14,076 at the 2010 census.
It is located north of Sacramento, south of Redding, and it is bisect ...
, before 1870.
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References
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Mountains of Shasta County, California
Mountains of Northern California
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