10 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain • 1 night
Last minute weekend snow camp at Crater Lake. We left PDX at 6am on Saturday. After picking up permits, we were on the "trail" a shortly after noon.
They had already started plowing the west side of Rim Drive, which made for an easy road walk the first 4 miles. The weather was gorgeous. We set up camp on the rim, near Wizard Island, and then set off on snowshoes for more exploring.
As expected, the weather turned overnight. We woke up to find our tents covered with a little more than a dusting of fresh snow and the view of the lake completely fogged in. With the cold, windy, and snowy weather, we packed up camp and headed back down the road for warm coffee and grilled cheese sandwiches before driving home.
