Flew by Crater Lake National Park on Friday, November 22. Started out at Creswell (77S) in a Cessna 152 and was bound for Malin (4S7) which sits astride the Oregon/California border. The first picture was taken a little while after takeoff, looking east toward the Oregon Cascades (the five most prominent peaks seem to be, left to right, North Sister, Middle Sister, South Sister, Broken Top (smallest), and Mount Bachelor):
The next picture has Mount Bailey hiding behind the strut, Diamond Lake, and the craggy peak near the center of the frame is named Mount Thielsen:
A close-up of Mount Thielsen and Diamond Lake:
And one of Mount Bailey:
Approaching Crater Lake:
I had intended to fly closer to the lake than I did, but climb was sluggish in the 152 at 9500 ft so I opted to steer a bit west to keep 2k+ vertical distance. I took the following video of just under 3 minutes (A strong east wind was pushing the Cessna 152 (just myself aboard) away and downward, so I eventually had to stop filming to attend to that. Filmed with one hand (hence the shakiness) using a Canon PowerShot):
http://vimeo.com/80165318
Looking south toward the misty mountains past Upper Klamath Lake:
Took this on my way back north; that appears to be Bare Island in Upper Klamath Lake in the center of the photo:
I saw the following rather prominent peak that seemed to insist on being photographed even though I didn't recognize it. On returning home I deduced its name must be Mount McLoughlin:
The next picture has Mount Bailey hiding behind the strut, Diamond Lake, and the craggy peak near the center of the frame is named Mount Thielsen:
A close-up of Mount Thielsen and Diamond Lake:
And one of Mount Bailey:
Approaching Crater Lake:
I had intended to fly closer to the lake than I did, but climb was sluggish in the 152 at 9500 ft so I opted to steer a bit west to keep 2k+ vertical distance. I took the following video of just under 3 minutes (A strong east wind was pushing the Cessna 152 (just myself aboard) away and downward, so I eventually had to stop filming to attend to that. Filmed with one hand (hence the shakiness) using a Canon PowerShot):
http://vimeo.com/80165318
Looking south toward the misty mountains past Upper Klamath Lake:
Took this on my way back north; that appears to be Bare Island in Upper Klamath Lake in the center of the photo:
I saw the following rather prominent peak that seemed to insist on being photographed even though I didn't recognize it. On returning home I deduced its name must be Mount McLoughlin:
