Crack In The Ground Hike: A 2 Mile Long Volcanic Fissure In Oregon

Tonight's aerial scenic escape takes you to Crack in the Ground. Crack in the Ground is located just outside Christmas Valley Oregon. The crack is actually an ancient volcanic fissure that measures two miles long, 15 feet wide and up to 70 feet deep in places. It’s found in a remote stretch of central Oregon, at the edge of a dark lava field marked by four cratered cinder cones. Inside it feels like an open-air cave. The temperature is cold up to 20 degrees lower than the ambient temperature, ma

Crack-in-the-Ground is an ancient volcanic fissure over 2 miles long and up to 70 feet deep. Normally, fissures like this one are filled with soil and rock by the processes of erosion and sedimentation. However, because it is located in such an arid region, very little filling has occurred and Crack-in-the-Ground exists today nearly as it did shortly after its formation thousands of years ago. An established 2 mile trail along the fissure’s bottom offers a unique hike, where the temperature can

Local resident says volcanic eruption happened 'in the best possible spot'.