California’s volcanic giants are hard to miss. Mount Shasta looms over the Oregon border. Lassen Peak, the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range, erupted just over a century ago, blasting ...

More than a century has passed since the last eruptions of Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta, yet both remain active and are among the top two highest-threat volcanoes in California, according to the U.S.

Rising to an impressive 14,197 feet, Mount Shasta dominates the skyline of Northern California as the second-tallest peak in the Cascade Range and one of the most iconic stratovolcanoes in the United ...