Embedded into the backcountry areas of Zion National Park, the Sierra Nevada, Death Valley National Park, and the Mojave Desert, Courtney Purcell's ramblings have also taken him all across the country and the world. From hiking, climbing and peakbagging in the Rockies, the Andes, the high volcanoes of Washington and Mexico, into the depths explored in spelunking, and the canyoneering of the Colorado Plateau, here you'll find trip reports, route beta and "stuff" relevant to the world of...
Where: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
When: June 2009
Leaving the Sierra and headed to the Washington Cascades, DB and I couldn't resist the opportunity to revisit (however briefly) Crater Lake. Still buried in snow (it even snowed while we were there), the park was its usual awesome self.
