On June 14, 1914, three men climbed Lassen Peak to see why a seemingly dormant volcano had started rumbling 16 days before. Now, peering into a newborn crater, they felt the ground tremble.

Lassen Peak’s elevation and geographic orientation lead to the area’s heavy snow numbers, according to the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office. Located in Lassen Volcanic National Park, you ...

The “snowiest” label could depend on whether you’re talking about where the most snow falls or where the most snow piles up.

The snowiest mountain in California — and the second snowiest place in the continental United States — is Lassen Peak in Shasta County, with an average of about 45 feet of snowfall yearly.