Starting Point: Cinder Cone Trail Marker 13
Distances: 3.5 miles to the summit
Topography: 2,200 feet of climbing
Time: 5 hours for the round trip of 7 miles
Features: Scenic views, forest
[Illustration: Trail map]
Prospect Peak provides commanding views of Lassen, Harkness, West
Prospect, Shasta, and other surrounding mountains, several lakes, and
the crater of the Cinder Cone. In the early summer there is a small lake
in the crater of Prospect Peak, an ancient volcano.
About a half mile from Butte Lake the trail leaves the Cinder Cone
trail, and climbs steadily through ponderosa pine, fir, and sub-alpine
forests to above timberline. Birds and other wildlife abound, and
occasionally, bobcats or even a mountain lion may be seen.
During June and early July there is snow in the crater. No drinking
water is available.