The Cascade Kid Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Trip: Crater Lake - Ski Circumnavigation Date: 2/2/2014 Trip Report: My heavy duty girlfriend and I made a ski circumnavigation of Crater lake last weekend by the rim-drive route (33 miles, ~8000'). We found fast skinning conditions on consolidated snow with very little exposed ground. Splitting the route into 1.5 days, we were moving for about 12 hrs total. [font:Arial Black]Photos and Report here: Mountain Lessons [/font] Contrary to prior reports we thought that clockwise was the way to go for sure. Additionally, other reports of the record at 8 hrs are poorly researched. 6.5 hours appears to have been accomplished by multiple parties. Gear Notes: Dynafit race skis with pomoca skins. Patterned BC skis would also work. Approach Notes: 2WD approach to rim at the moment. Running water available in the bathroom. bathroom at Mt Scott summer campground is unlocked with TP (and now dug out) Quote
ScaredSilly Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Looks like some nice conditions. I always thought that clockwise was the norm. That is the way we went. Been so long that I can not remember the reasons. Sounds like you went CCW - what did you find to be advantageous? Quote
The Cascade Kid Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 We went clockwise. I said that others who had made reports seemed to go CC thinking that was easier. Quote
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