Day 5 and Day 6

Actually snowshoeing!

Day 5:

I checked out of my lodge. Going there was a cute idea, but I was glad to leave both it and also Route 58. Route 58 is one of a handful of options for getting from one side of the state to the other. Driving to Crater Lake took 4 hours. The roads were not great.

I had a reservation for a ranger-lead snowshoe trek. I can't even tell you how badly I've wanted to snowshoe at Crater Lake. I am glad I did this, but it was not enough for me to really cross it off my Dream Trips list. The trek was not only mostly away from the lake and she had up going at a light jog. Light jog, 2.5 hours, 7k feet altitude, on snowshoes. Stopping for pictures delayed the whole group. We had about 3 stops for breath and talk about region and it's ecology.

( More pictures and the rest of the trip )