Crater Lake, 29 July 2010, Annies Creek Canyon Loop Trail

We saw a deer in the campground on our way to the trailhead.
Annie Creek Canyon Loop Trail is a 1.7 mile loop trail with a change in elevation of 200 ft. Two-hundred feet may not sound like much until the first time you peak over the side of the trail and see one of the last switchbacks at the canyon floor.
It is a moderately strenuous trail through a deep, stream cut canyon. The moderately strenuous part comes on the way back up.
Lots of water and wildflowers. The creek provides the park’s drinking water. There are also some springs on hillsides. Don spotted a frog.
The pumice on trail is dusty. I prefer to end a dusty trail with an ice cream sandwich instead of a shot of whiskey that cowboy movies appear to encourage.

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