Black Crater—4 Down, 2 to Go!
It had been smoky most of the week, but this morning the air quality was excellent and the visibility pretty…
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All logged hikes for Black Crater (Central Oregon).
Black Crater
This has been one of my favorite hikes the last few years and I was grateful to be able to…
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Spooky Black Crater
I love this hike! We had the whole mountain to ourselves today. The skeleton forest is interesting on many levels.…
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Black Crater
Walked through the dead forest with the most amazing sound’s blowing through the trees. We traveled up, up, up and…
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Black Crater Adventureland
Hiked mostly through a burn area first 2 miles. Nice shade to scree field at the top. Mostly constant grade.…
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Misty Morning Coffee on Black Crater
In a repeat from last year, Black Crater was my 6th peak. I started early but no pre-dawn hiking this…
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Black Crater
Started at 8:00. Between 55 and 70 Degrees. Overcast the whole way, a little rain. The top was in the…
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I Finally Hiked this in Perfect Conditions
My friend Heidi pinged me earlier in the week about hiking Black Crater on Saturday, so I jumped in with…
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Burnt on Black Crater
Should have reapplied sunscreen- my arms got a little red. The trail was dusty as is typical there. There…
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Mountains, Flowers and Views, Oh My.
We got out early Saturday morning to beat the heat and started our accent at 6:45 am. A handful of…
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Two-fer Black Crater
We started early at about 6:30. There were bugs in the way up but we didn’t get any mosquito bites. …
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Two Peaks, One Day Pt. 1
Gorgeous morning summit of Black Crater. Definitely tons of blow down, but I didn’t find it terrible or unbearable. Had…
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