Subway Cave Lava Tube

Lava Tube · Old Station, California

A third of a mile of lava tube in the Lassen National Forest at Old Station, formed roughly twenty thousand years ago when the surface of a lava flow crusted over and the molten rock beneath drained away. It is free, unstaffed and completely unlit — you bring your own torch or you see nothing at all.

Highway 89, Old Station, Old Station, California, 96071, United States

Seasonal, roughly late spring to early autumn. Free, self-guided, unlit and unstaffed. Gated under snow.

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