Crater Rim Drive closes Friday evening – November 7, 2007

Rim Drive and the north entrance road at Crater Lake National Park will close for the season at 6 p.m, Friday.

 

Screaming wind downs forest trees: Crater Lake park, Prospect area hit by gusts of up to 60 mph – October 27, 2007

High winds toppled trees in the mountains around Prospect and Crater Lake National Park Friday morning, closing forest roads and even Highway 62 for a short time….

 

Crater Lake northern entrance opens today – May 24, 2007

Just in time for holiday travel this Memorial Day weekend, the north entrance to Crater Lake National Park marks its annual opening — extra early.

 

Survey says: Snow level ‘nearly normal’ – December 29, 2006

Up at Crater Lake National Park, the snowpack was 72 inches at park headquarters on Thursday. The average for the site, at 6,400 feet in elevation, is 62 inches for Dec. 29, according to park records…

 

How much snow does Crater Lake get each winter? – December 14, 2006

How much snow does Crater Lake get each winter? A friend of mine had read somewhere that it was the snowiest place in Oregon, at least in terms of where people live. Is that true?..

‘The Good Fire’ – September 25, 2006

The German couple stood at Union Peak overlook on Rim Drive and watched a plume of smoke rising miles off to the west.

Bybee Complex Fires – September 14, 2006

A fire burning at Crater Lake National Park has now grown to over 28-hundred acres.

 

Snow job at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon – September 7, 2006

Upon arrival at Crater Lake for a remodeling project, Tom Gerding and his crew met with a daunting sight.

 

WebCam now available to view Crater Lake fire – September 7, 2006

There is a new tool being used to monitor fire at Crater Lake National Park on the Bybee Wildland Fire Use Complex. A webcam was recently installed at the Watchman Lookout, providing a prime view of the fire and an updated image once per hour from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. PDT.