A destination National Park, snowshoeing is awesome!

Location

Notes

Utilizing Sno-Parks in Oregon requires a permit. Permit details are on the Oregon.gov Site We purchased a yearly pass as we were going to spend 3 days in a Sno-Park. Purchase price was $25. Annie Creek had great access to Crater Lake, was easy to drive to and provided a great place to park and utilize as a home base. The dog walks were good with access to the creek. The Sno-Park had a gathering area/snow shelter that had a wood burning stove and electrical power.
The cycling here is great, both road and gravel. Many gravel routes are accessible on fire roads

Services

The Sno-Park had no services, we were prepared to boondock at this location.

Starlink

Starlink worked well here and we were both able to utilize all network services (calls, video calls, TV, etc..)

Crater Lake

Another National Park checked off our list. We had beautiful weather, the skies were mostly clear with snow on the ground. The rangers were doing daily snowshoe excursions. The price for snowshoeing was free and we were treated to a hike along steep ledges with views of the lake an surrounding areas.
Almost all snow disappears from crater lake every year. The average snow fall is > 300 inches. Water moves in the lake from top to bottom when the water temp is 1 degree of delta and the wind is able to agitate the lake surface. Snow fall is decreasing which will have negative impact on tree and animal health. Interestingly the NPS will actively fight fires in the region which is a different policy then other National Parks.

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