Bend, OR
Newberry National Volcanic Monument

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Trail of the Molten Land

Phil Brogan Viewpoint The High Cascade peaks to the west are all volcanoes that have erupted during the past million years. Bachelor Butte, about 10,000 years old, is the youngest of these. They all rest on a high plateau made up of hundreds of overlapping shield volcanoes. Ice age glaciers have cut deeply into the older volcanoes such as Broken Top and North Sister. Younger volcanoes such as South Sister escaped with fewer scars. Today, remnants of the old glaciers continue to grind away at these peaks.

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