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Little Crater Lake

A beautiful sunrise on a cool morning. Time to do some hiking.

I began at the edge of a large sub-alpine meadow south of Mt. Hood.

My first destination was Little Crater Lake, 100 feet wide, 45 feet deep and crystal blue to its very bottom where an artesian spring feeds the lake.

Another one-quarter mile led to an intersection with the Pacific Crest Trail. Turning south, I began a clockwise 12-mile loop hike around picturesque Timothy Lake.

The magnificent view of Mt. Hood over Timothy Lake has been one of the iconic scenes of the Pacific Northwest for many a year and has adorned numerous magazine covers.

Conditions have to be just right to capture a “good” photo of Mt. Hood reflected in the lake. I was lucky on one of the three counts. The early morning sky was blue, but the mountain was not covered with fresh snow and there was a breeze removing the reflection from the lake.

As the day warmed up, the breeze actually felt pretty good.

Gentian, one of the few truly blue flowers in the world

Mt. Hood reflected in Timothy Lake on a previous hike