Black Crater

Gorgeous morning summit of Black Crater. Definitely tons of blow down, but I didn’t find it terrible or unbearable. Had the summit to ourselves and

Had a near perfect morning on Black Crater – smokeless, blue sky, wildflowers at upper section were going strong, and a breeze to help keep

Lots of downed trees first mile but still very doable. There were volunteers out trying to clean up trail. After first mile trail is mostly

Perfect weather in the 50s with a breeze. Met a couple of forest workers starting to clear the downed trees on the trail of which

An early morning start was necessary as the day was going to be very hot! We started up and were greeted with sooo many downed

One of my new favorite hikes, not sure why I’ve never done it before. And so easy with no permit required. Lots of deadfall but