To Crater Lake - Wednesday

Trip Start Oct 06, 2009
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Trip End Oct 14, 2009


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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Had a great time touring and hiking in the three parks. Probably the most impressive single thing of all the unique features of these three parks was Crater Lake itself - a huge deep blue lake in the middle of the crater of a huge volcano. Overall, Lassen was probably the most impressive park with its high mountains and volcanic features of bubbling mud pots, boiling pools, and fumeroles, all emitting their sulfuric gasses.

I will put some pictures on this and the next pages, most of which can be clicked on for a bit of information about the picture.

Arriving in Oakridge, OR, after 1:00 AM on Wednesday, the 14th of October, we were glad that the lady at the motel had turned on the heat and left a light on.  The Bluewolf Motel was a winner with clean rooms, TV, WiFi, etc.   

Up a bit later than usual. we drove on to Crater Lake NP that morning and hiked to two summits overlooking the lake, Watchman's Peak, a short 1.6 mile round trip hike, and Garfield Peak, a longer 3.4 mile RT hike. The Garfield hike gained around 1,010 feet in the 1.7 mile hike to the top so - a good workout. Both summits provided 360 degree vistas with the most impressive being the lake itself. Pictures on this page are from those hikes and from Union Creek resort where we stayed Wednesday night.
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