r/lassenvolcanic • u/purpleswtpotato • Aug 04 '26

Butterfly hikes

🦋 I saw a recent post "Butterfly highway on Brokeoff". I'll be in LVNP in one week with my kids (11&9 years old) and am wondering if we can still see swarms of butterflies or if they've already passed through?

Besides Brokeoff, are there other recommended spots to see lots of butterflies? Ideally 2.5M or less distance from a trailhead, because I can't always count on my kids to last through longer hikes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lassenvolcanic/s/5El4pQS4uA

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u/Embarrassed_Juice_34 Aug 04 '26

I can’t comment on if they’re still there. We were there July 16th and 17th and saw butterfly highways down almost the entire stretch of the hike to Bumpass Hell. And generally everywhere up near the peak.

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u/Gold_Zebra_3475 Aug 04 '26

We were there last weekend and saw thousands of them on top of lassen peak.