Crater Lake (Wallowas)
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this destination:
- Crater Lake via Little Kettle Creek Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 45.05777, -117.27569
- Elevation: 7750 feet
Description
Crater Lake was a small cirque lake below Krag Peak before it was dammed across its outlet to Cliff Creek. The diverted waters gush through an overflow tunnel/pipe and cascade down the slope south of the lake to join Kettle Creek, whence they are drawn off to enhance irrigation systems in the farmlands outside the national forest.
There are campsites on both the north and south shores of the lake. A trail circles the lake, and the Cliff Creek Trail bypasses the lake about 250 yards to the east.
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