Black Crater

Beautiful day hike with amazing views of surrounding cascades. Rated as hard but moderate for any experienced hiker. Lots of burnt area with small saplings

Warm hike up with blooming wild flowers. Crossed some snow patches and met fog and chilly wind on top. Barely caught glimpses of the mountains

A cool day for our ascent of Black Crater. So glad about that with the continuous uphill climb! Top was a bit windy and foggy…with

I made a last minute decision this morning to head up to Black Crater. Recent trip reports made me confident that I could throw on

Fun hike for the first time.  Good for the family next time.

Black Crater took place on Day 3 of our ten-day, 100 mile Oregon trip. The day before, we had hiked to Green Lakes and back