A good place to photograph Lassen Peak at sunset is at Reflection Lake, [No. 65] in the Road Guide.
—NPS photo by R. C. Milne
The numerous log and boulder jams were built up behind obstacles as the mudflow began to lose its tremendous size and momentum. The new forest growth is partly obscuring this feature, and before long all traces of the devastation will be obscured.
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49 LOST CREEK CROSSING. This stream has cut a trench not only through Lassen’s recent mudflow, but through earlier ones, some of which were separated by rather long periods of time. Upstream can be seen two lower layers of tree stumps, still erect and in place, laid bare by the erosive action of Lost Creek.
This is also a good place to observe the activities of the water ouzels.
The Nobles Trail parallels the road a short distance to the east. It was in use until completion of the main road through the park in 1934.
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50 WEST BOUNDARY OF THE DEVASTATED AREA. The Great Hot Blast did not affect this area and only the effect of the mudflow of May 19, 1915, is visible. Recent growth of vegetation is healing the scars, but a change in soil, distribution of battered-down logs, barked tree trunks, and the change in the profile of the stream-cut bank across Lost Creek can still be seen.
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51 The LOST CREEK DIVERSION DITCH is below on the outside edge of the road. It was dug by Italian labor crews for the Shasta Power Company as a part of a water collection system for Battle Creek electrical development before this region became a National Park.