Union Peak Hike

Overview

While you cannot see Crater Lake itself from the top of Union Peak , the view from the summit is spectacular and definitely worth the effort. There are great views of the Crater Lake rim and beyond - south to the Klamath Basin and Mount McLoughlin and farther south to California’s Mount Shasta . While some of the summits around the lake itself (think Mount Scott and Garfield Peak ) can be festooned with other hikers during the summer months, the summit of Union can usually provide you with views and some solitude. Union Peak is the oldest prominence within Crater Lake National Park, beginning to form as a volcano about seven million years ago. What remains is the eroded pyramid of the ancient volcanic plug.

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