Snow, equipment issues close roads at Crater Lake National Park
Published 10:01 am Thursday, November 14, 2024
- This May 2023 photo shows snow piled up at at Crater Lake National Park were expected to start clearing Rim Drive Friday.
All roads at Crater Lake National 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 Daldrup, 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.