Bring a camp stove for melting snow. Backcountry Regulations Winter camping regulations are intended to ensure your safety and minimum impact on Crater Lake's resources. Pack out all trash. Campfires are not permitted. Bring a camp stove.
Parties are limited to eight people.
Larger groups must split up. Pets are not permitted in the backcountry. No camping is permitted within a mile of any plowed road, within 100 feet of any meadow with less than one foot of snow cover, or within sight or sound of any trail or other camping party. November through April are frequently snowy with poor visibility and poor driving conditions. At the same time, winter provides wonderful skiing and snowshoeing opportunities and, on clear days, some of the most magnificent scenery of the year.