Read more about the park's weather Visitation and Entrance Fees Crater Lake averages about 500,000 visitors per year. Interpretive boat tours are offered in cooperation with the Crater Lake Lodge Company. During the winter, the National Park Service offers guided snowshoe walks. The Crater Lake Lodge Company provides lodging, gifts, gas, camping, and food service in the park during the summer. Food service and gifts are available during the winter.
Full services are also available in local communities year-round.
The Crater Lake Natural History Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing educational and scientific activities within Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument. Books, maps, and postcards are available for sale at all park visitor centers. The Friends of Crater Lake is a non-profit organization that cooperates with the National Park Service in the stewardship of Crater Lake National Park's natural and cultural resources. History Native Americans have been aware of Crater Lake for thousands of years. The first pioneers to visit Crater Lake were a party led by John Wesley Hillman in 1853.