Kate and I got up early today for a quick run on Pre's Trails and set coordinates for Crater Lake. It's funny, there have been numerous places we've driven through that look so awesome, you question whether or not you should just stop there and spend a couple days. The drive through the Oregon Cascades on highway 58 was another one of these. Really beautiful mountains and lots of hiking trails off the road. Definitely gives you ideas for another trip.
Made Crater Lake by late morning to find out that Mazama Campground (the main one) was 1/2 closed due to road paving. It was a bit frustrating because leading up to it, we'd called and checked the website and there was no note of it. There was one other campground in the park, but only had 16 sites and it was down a dead end road 12 slow and winding miles away. It was a long shot, but we took it. Luck was on our side- 2 or 3 sites left at 10$/night (5$ with the annual pass). A lot of other campers showed up later emptied handed.We took it easy at the campsite for a while, then set off for Mount Scott, the highest point in the park at 8,900. It was actually a fairly easy hike- maybe 5 miles with 1,400 ft gain. Good views at the top though overlooking crater lake and Mt. Shasta off in the distance to the south. Met some Germans at the top too so I got a little practice in!
Side note- Kept my streak of cool birds going too!
Vitals:
Miles Driven: ~170
Birds: Srub Jay, Chipping Sparrow, Am Dipper, Rufous Hummingbird, Clark's Nutcracker, Am Dipper
Plates: N/A
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