Winter fun at Crater Lake – January 6, 2005

The 500 inches of snow that falls annually at Crater Lake National Park drives away the summer crowd, making now the perfect time to enjoy snowshoeing in the winter solitude.

 

Two hikes, two views – September 20, 2004

Two distinctly different trails offers views from the highest and lowest points in Crater Lake National Park

 

Hike of the week: Mt. Scott gives view of Crater Lake – September 3, 2004

Most people who visit Oregon’s only national park content themselves with a view from the rim. More intrepid folks walk down to the water’s edge to cruise the lake in an excursion boat. Precious few take the time to march to the summit of Mount Scott and peer down on the lake.

 

Using cross country skis or snowshoes, one can experience Crater Lake’s winter wilderness – February 02, 2004

On a snowy, blustery day when the sound of the wind brushing through trees echoes like a chorus of groans, and when wispy fog offers only taunting, teasing views of the lake and Wizard Island, Crater Lake National Park is truly a mystical and mystical place.

 

Look up – Skies above Crater Lake are clear, too – September 25, 2003

Owen Hoffman, a former Crater Lake park ranger and member of the Crater Lake Institute, said Crater Lake and other national parks are “also major destinations for tourists in general, many of whom have little knowledge of the night sky.

Snorkeling the deep blue at Crater Lake – September 22, 2001

Hikers on Wizard Island spot the ‘human’ seals. Seals in Crater Lake? From atop Wizard Island that’s what they looked like, happy seals cavorting in the waters of Fumerole Bay.

 

Viewing Oregon’s Crater Lake on skis and snowshoes – February, 1984

Another flurry of wind-driven snow whistled past us as we skied along the Rim Trail above mist-shrouded Crater Lake. Then the wind shifted, the curtain of clouds parted, and below us spread the scene we’d waited to see.

 

The blue beauty of Crater Lake – September 11, 1975

Only six lakes in the world are deeper than Crater Lake in Oregon. And Crater Lake’s depth of 1.932 feet makes it the bluest lake you have ever seen.

 

Poet Penned Vivid Lines On Crater Lake – February 26, 1965

On the occasion of his second visit to Crater Lake in 1903, the celebrated poet Joaquin Miller penned the following lines.

 

Hundreds of Wild Flowers Bloom in Natural Garden Around Crater Lake Park -September 8, 1929

Here is the sixth of a series of articles by three Eastbay Boy Scouts touring National Parks of eleven western states under the sponsorship of the National Park Service and The Tribune….

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