Snow-fog obliterated my view of Crater Lake itself (and much of the surrounding terrain) but I simply had to try — the park’s terrain and history are so fascinating!  Imagine a great volcanic mountain building and spewing and erupting —- until it empties itself of magma, and becomes hollow.  The great subsidence that followed propelled the “mountain” deep into the earth!  The collapsed crater now holds the lake, like ice-water in a stone bowl held up for the sky to sip.  I was disappointed by the weather but —- I think it was Confucius who said “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

View from the rim (which had been plowed open only for a short distance, to Discovery Point):