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Activities
During the summer, guided walks, talks, campfire programs, and junior ranger programs are offered by the National Park Service. Interpretive boat tours are offered in cooperation with Xanterra Parks and Resorts. During the winter, the National Park Service offers ranger-guided snowshoe walks. Call 541-594-3100 for more information.
Bicycling
Ride around the lake on the physically demanding, 33-mile Rim Drive. Steep hills at high elevation may encourage even the most fit riders to pause at many of the road's thirty overlooks and pull-outs to view the amazing scenery.
Festivals and Events
Crater Lake Rim Runs. Mail: 5830 Mack Avenue, Klamath Falls, OR 97603. Phone: 541-884-6939; Fax: 541-883-8407. E-mail
Related Web Sites
Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site
Scuba Diving
Early July to late September.
Snowmobiling
Snowmobile use is permitted at Crater Lake National Park only on the
North Entrance Road from the park boundary to North Junction, where
the entrance road meets Rim Drive. Snowmobile use is limited to that
part of the North Entrance Road intended for wheeled vehicles.
Tours
Crater Lake Trolley. 445 Spring Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601. Phone: 541-883-2609.
Trails
Short Hikes (15 to 45 minutes)
Sun Notch Viewpoint
Length: 0.25 miles one way. Elevation: 7,000 to 7,115 feet. Difficulty:
Moderate. Trailhead: 4 miles east of Park. Headquarters on the East Rim
Drive. Features: View of Crater Lake and Phantom Ship. Use caution near
the cliff edges.
Godfrey Glen
Length: 1 mile loop. Elevation: 6,000 to 6,050 feet. Difficulty: Easy
Trailhead: 2.4 miles south of Park. Headquarters on Munson Valley Road.
Features: Old growth forests, and views of Annie Creek Canyon. Fully
accessible.
Castle Crest Wildflower Trail
Length: 0.4 mile loop from East Rim. Drive, 1 mile loop from Park.
Elevation: 6,400 to 6,500 feet. Difficulty: Moderate
Trailhead: 0.5 miles east of Park. Headquarters on East Rim Drive, or
across the road from Park Headquarters. Features: Creek and meadow
wildflowers in summer months.
Lady of the Woods Trail
Length: 0.3 mile loop. Elevation: 6,400 to 6,500 feet. Difficulty:
Moderate
Trailhead: Behind Steel Information Center. Features: View historic
buildings, landscape and sculpture.
Pinnacles Trail
Length: 1 mile out and back. Elevation: 5,500 to 5,400 feet. Difficulty:
Easy. Trailhead: End of Pinnacles Spur Road, 7 miles south of Phantom
Ship Overlook Features: Views of volcanic spires in canyon walls. Use
caution near cliffs.
Park Trails
Watchman Peak
Length: 0.8 mile one way. Elevation: 7,400 to 8,056 feet. Trailhead:
Watchman Overlook, 3.7 miles north of Rim Village on West Rim Drive
Features: Panoramic view from a historic fire lookout. May be closed
until July due to snow.
Cleetwood Cove (only lake shore access)
Length: 1.1 miles one way. Elevation: 6,850 to 6,176 feet. Difficulty:
Strenuous, 11% grade. Trailhead: 4.5 miles east of junction of East
Rim Road and North Entrance Road. Features: Lake shore and boat dock.
Discovery Point
Length: 1.1 miles one way. Elevation: 7,050 to 7,150 feet. Difficulty:
Easy
Trailhead: Rim Village, follow the sidewalk west out of Rim Village to
start of dirt trail. Features: Views of Crater Lake.
Annie Creek Canyon
Length: 1.7 mile loop. Elevation: 5,800 to 6,000 feet. Difficulty:
Moderate. Trailhead: Mazama Campground Amphitheater. Features: Deep,
stream-cut canyon and creek-side wildflowers.
Longer Hikes (2 hours or more)
Garfield Peak
Length: 1.7 miles one way. Elevation: 7,050 to 8,060 feet. Difficulty:
Difficult. Trailhead: Follow sidewalk on lakeside of Crater Lake Lodge
going east to start of dirt trail. Features: Panoramic views. May be
closed
until mid-July due to snow.
Mt. Scott
Length: 2.5 miles one way. Elevation: 7,450 to 8,929 feet. Difficulty:
Strenuous. Trailhead: 14 miles east of Park Headquarters on East Rim
Drive. Features: Highest point in the park with views of a historic fire
lookout and Crater Lake.
Crater Peak
Length: 3.2 miles one way. Elevation: 6,500 to 7,265 feet. Difficulty:
Moderate to Strenuous. Trailhead: East Rim Drive, 3 miles east of
Park Headquarters in Vidae Falls Picnic Area. Features: Forest and views
of Klamath Lake (no Crater Lake views).
The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from the Mexican to Canadian borders along the mountainous crest of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada. Thirty-three miles pass through Crater Lake National Park, offering through-hikers magnificent views of the mountains surrounding the lake.
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