Weekly Getaway–Solo Ski Around Crater Lake

 Crater Lake is more than a pretty volcanic pond. Thousands of years ago, Mt. Mazama blew its top forming a crater almost four thousand feet deep surrounded by a contiguous rim. Rain and snow runoff fill the Weekly Getaway–Solo Ski Around Crater Lake, and depending on whether you measure maximum or average depth, Crater Lake is anywhere from the third to tenth deepest lake in the world. Indisputably, it is the deepest lake in the United States.What gives the lake its deep blue color? Actually nothing; because of its pristine and unadulterated water, the lake consistently logs clarity readings in the range of 80 to 110 feet! Park rangers work hard to maintain the cleanliness of the water enabling its natural filtering of red light waves to reflect the dominate blue tints. Combine this phenomena with reflection from a blue sky, and the result is stunningly radiant.

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