Crater Lake National Park

Carter Lake is the sixth oldest national park in the United States, the NP and the only one in Oregon. The park encompasses Crater Lake caldera, which was destroyed by the volcano, as well as the still resting on the surrounding hills and forests. The caldera rim ranges in height from 2100 2400 metres (7,000-8,000 feet), the Lake is 1,883 feet (6,178 feet).

At its deepest point, Carter Lake is 594 m (1949 ft) deep, which makes it the deepest lake in the United States and the ninth deepest in the world. Because of its depth and because the waters come from rain and snow, the Lake is just amazingly beautiful, deep blue color. As you can see from the pictures below, the color of the Lake is completely different from the white snow and graphite mountain peaks.

North Entrance to Crater Lake. This road is groomed for snowmobiling in winter. All this snow melted in a few weeks in May.

Home away from home four weekends in a row, May 2009. North Entrance of Crater Lake. When you're done skiing, that road is perfect for running and rolling. Great training base camp.

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Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Located in the mountain range of Sierra Nevada of California, the Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area covering 937 square miles (362 square miles or 231.533 acres). In the Ansel Adams Wilderness are mountain glacier mount Ritter, peak of the flag and the minarets, all of which are part of the Ritter range. The wilderness area is also home to many lakes, including Lake shadow, thousand Island Lake, Ediza Lake and Lake Garnet. A popular feature in the Ansel Adams Wilderness is Devils Postpile National Monument, an unusually symmetrical formation of columnar basalt s. Visitors to the wilderness area will enjoy 562 kilometers (349 miles) of hiking trails, opportunities for technical climbing minarets and ski in winter June mountain and Mammoth Mountain.

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