Diamond Lake – Crater Lake “Lollipop”

I did this ride as part of the 2007 Cycle Oregon. I was the 34th cyclist to reach the high point at Cloud Cap, which I thought was unbelievable for a non-climber, non-morning person! An amazing ride. I hope to take some friends to do it this fall!

Posted by pablitolaak on August 6th, 2009

I haven’t done the Rim Road ride to Crater Lake, however the climb starting in Crater Lake National Park is amazing. The panoramic views seem like a back drop in every photo. Bring bug spray! The mosquitoes are violent.

Check out our 2,000 mile bike ride from Canada to Mexico and the 100-mile ride from Bend, Ore. to Crater Lake: http://www.swaesports.com/blog/2009/07/21/a-natural-wonder-and-battles-with-mosquitoes/

Posted by Jesse Amorratanasuchad on August 6th, 2009

Check out our photos of Crater Lake by scrolling down in the Rad Photos section.

http://www.swaesports.com/blog/photo-gallery/

Posted by Jesse Amorratanasuchad on August 6th, 2009

Great segment of the 2007 Cycle Oregon – what a day on the rim of the crater. I hope to return this fall to ride it again.

Posted by swest57 on August 11th, 2009

Done as part of 2007 Cycle Oregon. Totally awesome!

Posted by mdjohns5 on August 13th, 2009

The Rim Road is great fun – if you’re not slowly grinding uphill in your low gears, you’re screaming downhill with the worlds biggest grin. A challenging 30+ mile ride.

Posted by allisonwildman on August 28th, 2009

I plan to do it again next summer!

Posted by ewsorensen on October 15th, 2009

Also did this ride on Cycle Oregon 2007 and came back again in Sept 2009.
Diamond Lake to the Rim, around and back to Diamond Lake. Its a full day but I wouldn’t call the Difficulty Extreme…Difficult but not Extreme. Hey, it finishes with a 15 mile downhill!!! How bad could it me?

Posted by tony_ackerman on October 16th, 2009

A great ride, and great views at Cloud Cap. Hooray for our National Parks. Check out the Pumice Desert.

Posted by oregonbicycletours on November 24th, 2009

This is one of the most Beautiful Rides in America!! Be aware there is no place to re-fill water bottles on the rim except the Lodge. If anyone is interested in doing this ride in an organized Century, please go to http://www.CraterLakeCentury.com. We are in our 6th year and are the only organized ride around the rim on a yearly basis.

Posted by Bill Haskins on February 23rd, 2010

My Girlfriend and myself just did this ride in two days with fully loaded touring bikes. We camped at the bike-in camping area at Diamond Lake.
Woke up the next day and climbed up to the rim, rode clockwise around to the phantom ship viewpoint, and dropped back down to Lost Creek Campground. Next day we climbed back up from the campground to the rim and finished the rest of the ride and bombed back down to the campground.

A few things I’d like to mention. There is a road on the map called “grayback road” that leads from Lost Creek Campground to another point on the Rim. Our plan was to take that road since it lacked cars, however we got about 1/4 mile before burying our wheels in 2 inch sand. 7 1/2 miles of climbing in sand didn’t sound fun. Maybe on a mountain bike…

We did this on Labor Day Weekend, and there was seven empty camp spots at Lost Creek (out of 16), and zero other people at the cycle camping at diamond lake. I would have figured it to be busier for sure.

Finally, you can buy water at the ticket sales for the boat tour, which is just about halfway around the rim, and there is water at the lost creek campground (you just have to drop down 3 miles and climb back up.

Posted by ryanaslett on September 7th, 2010