Planning the Great West Coast trip

I live near Lassen and camp there frequently. Everyone does the main park road, hwy 89, and ignores the much more varied and interesting east half of the park, accessible only by dirt roads. Hiking to the top of Cinder Cone is strenuous, but the view from the top is world class. The kaleidoscope of colors in the lava below you is world class. The fumaroles and mudpots in the Devil's Kitchen is somewhat smaller than the more visited Bumpass Hell, but the Devil's Kitchen gets only a fraction of the visitors. Butte Lake is great for paddling, no power craft allowed, and quite possibly you will be the only ones on the water.
PM me for more information on the area. I know all the secret boondocking sites in the surrounding national forest.