There is no more wondrous place to snowshoe in southern Oregon than Crater Lake National Park, where the elevated volcanic ...

Invasive crayfish introduced by the National Park Service 100 years ago are decimating a newt subspecies in the isolated ...

If you’re after a reasonably short Crater Lake hike that you can do in less than an hour and a half (not including stops), ...

The remote park, famous for its blue-hued caldera lake, has seen a steady decline in visitors since 2016, when a record ...

Note: you will still be able to drive the rim trail to get views of the lake, but that is a drive that is very seasonal, and in fact winter ... Crater Lake is the only national park in Oregon ...

At Crater Lake National Park, thousands of people hike down to the lake every year to swim in the shallows and dive from a 35-foot cliff face into the clear blue depths. They do this despite an ...

The National Park Service is cutting off access to Cleetwood Cove Trail, the most heavily used trail at Crater Lake National Park, at the end of the 2025 summer season. The NPS plans to ...

“The park is planning on starting construction in 2026,” a news release from Crater Lake National Park says. “Due to the extent work to be completed and short construction seasons, trail closures will ...

Crater Lake National Park's Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal access point to the lake, will close in 2026 for a construction project. The closure is expected to last for at least two years ...

PORTLAND – Crater Lake’s visitor numbers continued ... in an investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive last winter. The National Park Service approved a new concessioner, ExplorUS, which ...