Larch Mountain Crater Hike

Today, along with Mike and Jessica Anders, Kelli and I did the Larch Mountain Crater Hike. We were going to do this one in late June but apparently there was still a lot of snow up there. Today there was no snow but it was cold enough to believe that there could be. Driving up there was incredibly foggy and when we got out of the car it was freezing. Still by the time we were done and were up at Sherrard Point it was still very cold.

Minus the impressive toadstools, and the great view from the Point (which on a clear day you can see Mt. Hood, Jefferson, Helens, Adams, and Rainer), the hike in the crater itself was kind of disappointing. Not a ton to see on this one unless you're really impressed by a boggy marsh. It was about 6 miles and the elevation gain was 1300 ft. so it wasn't a real challenging hike either. Here are a few pics but what I'm really excited about is doing the Rock of Ages hike in two weeks with Mike. The description sounds epic and is definitely the toughest hike we've done.