Bishop Pack Outfitters
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Crater Lake
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
3.5 mi
Distance
2,226 ft
Gain
2h 11m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Sierra National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
Through-trail
Big climb
Out & back
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Crater Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,226 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,226 ft
- Highest point
- 9,395 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,507 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
CRATER LAKE is a 6.96-mile out-and-back trail in California with 2,226 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 9,395 feet.
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