Black Crater

It had been smoky most of the week, but this morning the air quality was excellent and the visibility pretty decent. Hiked up with Jim,

This has been one of my favorite hikes the last few years and I was grateful to be able to share it with my mom

I love this hike! We had the whole mountain to ourselves today. The skeleton forest is interesting on many levels. Not only are the trees

Walked through the dead forest with the most amazing sound’s blowing through the trees. We traveled up, up, up and with the new views we

Hiked mostly through a burn area first 2 miles. Nice shade to scree field at the top. Mostly constant grade. Not bad. Only 2 other

In a repeat from last year, Black Crater was my 6th peak. I started early but no pre-dawn hiking this time. I wound up catching