Snow, equipment issues close all roads at Crater Lake National Park

Published 10:11 am Thursday, November 14, 2024

A camera shows Crater Lake facilities covered in snow on Thursday.

If you were planning a late fall trip to Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park today, you’re out of luck.

All roads at the park were closed Thursday morning after a winter storm dumped snow on the park and “equipment challenges” meant employees couldn’t immediately clear them.

According to a post on the park’s website, all park roads were temporarily closed to travel “while the snowplow operators work to repair equipment and clear the roads.”

As of Thursday morning, the park had gotten just under 15 inches of snow in about 24 hours, according to Tim Daldrup, a meterologist with the National Weather Service in Medford.

The snow was expected to continue, though substantially lighter, for the next several days. But, said Dalrup, another storm is predicted late Sunday into Monday that could bring a foot or more of new snow to the area.

Crater Lake National Park did not respond to say when they anticipated re-opening park roads. In general, the park is open all year, and snow is common.

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