This is one of the most spectacular gems of the Cascades — an extraordinary blue mountain lake at an altitude of 6,000 feet that is also the deepest lake in North America. Many natural wonders are the ...

Located in Oregon, Crater Lake fills a massive volcanic caldera created by Mount Mazama’s eruption. The lake ranks ninth in ...

CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. — Standing on a rock ledge about 18 feet above Crater Lake, I wondered if jumping would give me seven years of bad luck. Below me, fluffy white clouds and the inverted ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — For thousands and thousands of years, the Pacific Northwest has had a history of active volcanism. And on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens violently erupted. Many in central and ...

Crater Lake National Park is celebrating its 120th birthday on Sunday. Formed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Mazama nearly 7,700 years ago, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and ...

For years, the Mazama newt lived peacefully and without predators at Crater Lake in southern Oregon. Many newts, particularly rough-skinned ones, have poisonous skin as a form of protection, but these ...

Crater Lake is a striking crater lake in south-central Oregon and the centerpiece of Crater Lake National Park. Formed by the ...

As I write this, it's snowing hard, with drifts up to the second-story windows. I'm spending the weekend at Mazama Lodge on Mount Hood. This nonprofit lodge may be the best winter getaway bargain in ...

In the latest instance of taking research to practice, researchers at Oregon Tech have completed a pilot section of trail using a NITC-developed sustainable paving method. A quarter-mile section of ...

Seven thousand six hundred years ago, a volcanic eruption of unprecedented scale rocked Western North America.