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Travel
Stock animals are permitted only in the following areas:
- Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), not including the PCT alternate
- Bald Crater Loop Trail
- West Boundary (Bert Creek) Trail (from Rogue River National
Forest)
- Stuart Falls Spur Trail (from boundary to PCT)
- Lightning Springs Trail (to hitching post below Rim Drive)
- Bybee Creek Stock Camp and access trail
Stock animals are not permitted on paved roads except to cross
for access to an authorized trail. All stock animals must remain
on the established stock trails. Free trailing or loose-herding
is not allowed.
Groups
Party size is limited to 8 persons and 12 stock.
Permits
All overnight trips require a free backcountry permit, available
only in person at the park visitor centers. Overnight groups
must use the Bybee Creek Stock Camp.
Parking
For trips beginning in the park, horse trailers must park at:
- the Pacific Crest Trail parking on Highway 62, 3/4 mile west
of the Munson Valley Road Junction; or
- the Pacific Crest Trail parking on the North Entrance Road,
7 miles south of Highway 138.
Feed
Stock users must carry pelletized feed. To protect the
Crater Lake ecosystem, all other feed types are prohibited, including
hay and seed type feeds. Grazing is prohibited.
Trash
Parties are required to pack out all trash.
Weapons
Firearms and other weapons are prohibited in Crater Lake
National Park.
For more information...
Refer to the Summer Backcountry Use
brochure for additional information, or write or call:
Crater Lake National Park
P.O. Box 7
Crater Lake, OR 97604
(541) 594-3000
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National Park Service
Crater Lake
National Park has no stock trails which provide views of Crater
Lake itself. However, the park's backcountry has many miles of
trails suitable for stock use which explore diverse lower elevation
forests, including the full length of the Pacific Crest Trail
within the park (but not the alternate trail along the caldera
rim).