Here are some pictures from out trip to Crater Lake in Oregon...
CRATER LAKE
Let me just say that this lake is freaking huge, and scary to look at. The edge of the lake is a sheer cliff ALL THE WAY AROUND. If you are afraid of heights (I am), this can be tough to deal with, but it is worth it. You can't understand how huge this is until you experience it in person. I have never felt so small in my life as I did the day I stood at the edge of this lake. It is a totally humbling experience, and I will always carry it with me as part of how I see myself in relation to the world around me.
ME
JULIE
8 comments:
do you like to hike in? i enjoyed the dinky lakes area.
IF... if? We're totally going bro. No question.
I also like the dinky lakes area. I went there twice when I was a kid.
two words - big sur
I think I know some people who will be coming out to Colorado this summer. Hardly anybody knows it, but we have some nature out here. I had an amazing experience at Great Sand Dunes, which is the residue from where the Colorado River used to run. All of the river bottom has been carried by wind to this area, and now there are awesome sand dunes at about 9,000 feet above sea level.
What are you looking for in terms of difficulty/strenuousness? On a scale of one to ten, one would be car-camping and ten would be moderate glacier climbing to 13,000 feet.
It depends on what you mean by difficulty. I don't think my wife is really up to hiking any more than about a mile. But in terms of "roughing it," I think we are pretty much up for anything.
Well, if you want to go later in the summer, I recommend anywhere along the Tuolumne river. It's a long drive though about four hours from Fresno but very nice, up 41, through Yosemite and up to Toulumne Meadows. You can hike nearly 10 miles (if you want) and it's pretty much flat the whole way. Camping where ever you're within park regulations, also, permit required and reservation most likely (both easy enough to get).
This is a tough one, most of the hikes we do are at least 5 miles to anything worth seeing besides your standard fare mountain scenes and conifers. I agree with Ed about the Dinky Lakes area (beware of mosquitos, been there when the air was so thick I actually inhaled a few, tortuous).
The hike to Ostrander Lake is really not too bad and the lake is awesome. It's about 7 miles one way and the trailhead is just past the Badger Pass ski area on the way to Glacier Point. Malisa and Scott went with us. It's really not a strenuous hike though there's some good uphill just before you get to the lake (about the last three miles).
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