Lassen Route
1848 California Trails Route
Contributed by Steve F. Russell
Aliases: Lassen Trail, Applegate Trail (Rye Patch Reservoir to Goose Lake)
This was a route from the Humboldt River at Rye Patch Reservoir to Vina, California via Goose Lake on the California-Oregon border. In actuality, Peter Lassen only had to pioneer the portion of the route from Goose Lake to Vina. The road from Rye Patch to Goose Lake had already been established by Jesse Applegate and Levi Scott who led an exploring party over the route in 1846. As a practical matter, we have illustrated the map with the entire route from Rye Patch to Vina.
The highest elevation on the trail is 6170 feet at the head of Hanging Rock Canyon. The elevation at Fandango Pass is 6155 feet. The length of the trail is 410.6 topographic miles.