The only way to get to the water at Crater Lake is via Cleetwood Cove Trail. This trail is pretty short but very sweet. The trail descends from Rim Road via a series of switchbacks through the trees and then bam, you’re down at the water. It’s a dusty trail and can be hot in the …
Spring Creek is a sacred area of the Klamath Tribe and I can see why. The water is ridiculously clear and cold. We hiked up to the headwaters where water bubbles up through the sandy bottom and seeps out of the banks through lava rock. So cool. I’ve been to springs before, where water gushes …
Before the Mazama campground here at Annie Creek opens, Derek and I took advantage of the solitude and hiked down into the canyon. The trail was partially covered in snow still so we had to improvise. Annie Canyon Trail goes along the rim of the campground and then descends down into the canyon. We couldn’t …
Wow. I mean, how am I not desensitized to nature and beauty? We’ve seen SO MANY things over the years! Crater Lake is amazing. I rode from camp up to the Steel Visitor Center and then out the section of Rim Road that is still closed to cars. My ride was 26 miles with 2760′ …
The Crater Lake area has a lot of hiking options and one evening I did a really quick one by our campspot. Godfrey Glen is only about 1.2 miles itself but I did a bunch of extra credit hiking to make it longer. The trail is fairly flat overall and more of a path. It …
After being in dry climates the last 4 years of traveling, we totally forgot about the suckyness of poison oak. We mountain biked around Lost Creek Lake one day and while the trail is gorgeous, poison oak got us. At it’s max, the lake is 10 miles and the trail is only on one side …
it’s still too snowy at Crater Lake so the entire Rim Road isn’t open yet. But, from Annie Creek we rode up to the Rim and then out and back past the North Entrance. This ride was 30 miles with 2800′ of climbing. The first part of this ride is fairly gentle through forest and …
Moore Mountain isn’t new to us, we rode here back in 2018 but there are new trails and it’s a really fun area to ride in so we spent a couple hours mountain biking. I think Trailforks lists something like 41 miles of trails and it’s a maze so the app is helpful. The park …
Derek and I drove the short distance to Union Creek to hike along the Rogue River and get out of the snow. Back when we used to race mountain bikes we would make the drive from Bend down to the Grants Pass area for a big race each year. That drive took us right past …
Annie Creek SnowPark is down the highway a short distance from where we are camped and the drop in elevation means little to no snow there. We scoped out a route on Google Maps the best we could given the near lack of internet we have. Off we went! Well, the loop we planned was …