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rozoneill: The Rim Road awaits our presence
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rozoneill: Lulu and Paige are ready to go
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rozoneill: From Wizard Island, Llao Rock, and the tip of Mount Thielsen
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rozoneill: View westish
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rozoneill: Car road by summer, ski trail in winter
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rozoneill: My companions Glen, Paige (and Lulu)
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rozoneill: Crater Lake in winter, 'nuff said
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rozoneill: And down the road we go
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rozoneill: The top of Garfield Peak was seen through a break in the trees
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rozoneill: Shadows play out upon the trail
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rozoneill: But who's taking a picture of me taking a picture of Glen taking a picture of Paige?
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rozoneill: A young tree tries to emerge from the snow
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rozoneill: And now for a brief and easy uphill section
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rozoneill: Discovery Point lies at the end of this hill
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rozoneill: A mini-avalanche
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rozoneill: The trail heads uphill
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rozoneill: Small rocks roll off the cliffs on occasion
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rozoneill: Beautiful scene at Discovery Point
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rozoneill: The snowy rim of Crater Lake
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rozoneill: The perfect smoothness of snow
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rozoneill: Shadow play on the snowy stage
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rozoneill: It's not a hike unless it goes uphill
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rozoneill: Lichen finds a home on a dead whitebark pine tree
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rozoneill: A dead tree, luminescent against the blue sky
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rozoneill: Wizard Island reposes in front of Llao Rock
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rozoneill: View to jagged Hillman Peak
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rozoneill: Mount Scott presides
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rozoneill: A clump of whitebark pine snags
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rozoneill: Llao Rock, on a sublimely beautiful day
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rozoneill: Crater Lake, in all its blue and white glory