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Crater Lake National Park, OR, 9/17-9/19

by Mitchell Lettow | Sep 23, 2018 | trip

  • The bell of the ball, Crater Lake, with Wizard Island in foreground.

  • Cool visitor's center.

  • Manzanita (sp.) shrub

  • "Oh I'm sorry, were you trying to take a photo of the lake??" -Golden-mantled ground squirrel

  • Cleatwood Trail. 1 mile straight down to the lake, 1 mile straight back up.

  • Rabbitbrush, one tough plant (Crysothamnus sp.)

  • Turquoise green is relatively shallow water, blue water gets deeeeep. Deepest lake in the U.S. 1,949;

  • Hiking back up.

  • Pumice, a porous type of volcanic rock.

  • Crater Lake in her eyes

  • Starting the hike up to Mt. Scott watchtower, ~8,934'

  • Whitebark pines can withstand the harsh alpine conditions, and grow in contorted forms caused by extreme wind, shallow soil, temperature changes, and snow.

  • Beautiful rock!

  • Last leg to the tower...

  • View from the top (Crater Lake towards the sunspot).

  • Hiking through geological layers.

  • Some black-tailed deer were taking up the night shift as we were hiking down.

  • Little red in one of her diverse set of habitats across the country.

  • ...and the sun sets on Crater Lake.

 

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