Full Moon / Lunar Eclipse Camping at Crater Lake NP, 1 night

Edited 1/25/26. A new plan. The southern drive to the rim is open. With that, here's what's before us...

General itinerary:
Tuesday, 3rd
9:00 am Depart Oblivion Pour House Grill
11:30 Arrive southern entrance to Crater Lake NP: park/lake.
We must get a wilderness permit from the Steel Visitor center.
We drive up to the rim, drop off all our gear. Some 'one' or everyone but the driver stays with the gear (a group decision). The driver (daypack) then must hike up Raven Trail to the rim. The reverse upon our return.
01:00pm arrive Discovery Point, make camp.

Wednesday, 4th
10:00am depart campground. *The driver hikes back down Raven Trail, brings car back up to rendezvous spot.
11:00am, breakfast at Beckie's (its known for homemade fruit pies).
We should be back up in Bend -or- drive back to Bend.
It takes 2.5 hours via the southern route (RT62 via Chiloquin), and 3 hours via Diamond Peak and south.

What to bring? ALL YOUR COLD WEATHER GEAR. DO bring extra guy lines and snow pegs. Microspikes just in case.

Monitor the conditions here. Here too.

I'll need a couple of drivers with "America the Beautiful" or similar passes to volunteer their 4WD, or AWD vehicles. We all pitch in $15 for gas. *I have an "America the Beautiful" Pass that will waive the park entry fee for at least four of us in one vehicle.

PLAN B, should we be thwarted once again, if we'd like to continue the Full Moon theme: April 1st, May 1st, June 29th, and July 28th. So we wait and see. Again, fingers crossed.

The end time is approximate.