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rozoneill: Haze from the Cedar Creek Fire took away from the blue, just a bit
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rozoneill: Crater Lake, on a hazy and smoky day
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rozoneill: First look at iconic Wizard Island
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rozoneill: The rugged beauty of the crater's rim
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rozoneill: It's a geologic cheese grater
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rozoneill: A lone sentry patrols the rim
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rozoneill: The Rim Trail heads towards Hillman Peak and The Watchman
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rozoneill: Bleached by the sun
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rozoneill: The texture of a sun-bleached dead tree
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rozoneill: Abstract art on a dead tree
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rozoneill: Standing watch nearly forever
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rozoneill: I enjoyed views of the Pumice Desert all hike long
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rozoneill: Llao Rock looms over Meridian Viewpoint
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rozoneill: The northwest corner of the lake
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rozoneill: The extremely rugged and jagged rim of Crater Lake
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rozoneill: Hillman Peak rises over the pumice and trail
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rozoneill: Autumn reaches the low-growing ground cover
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rozoneill: View across the calm lake
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rozoneill: No need to hike any closer to the lake
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rozoneill: Pathway through the arid pumice soil
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rozoneill: The formidable redoubt of Llao Rock
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rozoneill: Jagged rock, everywhere you look
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rozoneill: Crater Lake panoramic
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rozoneill: Mount Scott, the park's highest point, rises across the lake
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rozoneill: Like an unconquerable fortress
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rozoneill: Wizard Island bobs in the Crater Lake bathtub
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rozoneill: Jagged ridge on the approach to Hillman Peak
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rozoneill: Mount Bailey was a constant point of reference on this hike
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rozoneill: The trail followed an old road as it rounded Hillman Peak
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rozoneill: Red Cone lies between Mounts Bailey and Thielsen