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Originally Posted by M_Six
Ah, so a cirque rather than a crater. Ever been inside it? Is is accessible from the road you mentioned?
In my senior year of undergrad work we drove up into the crater of Nevado de Toluca in Mexico. Terrifying ride up with the lunatic professor driving. The road cuts across a scree field with no guardrails and a serious drop off one side. But the inside of the crater was very cool. Like being in the world's biggest stadium.
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Mark, as you'd guess, there's a lake right there at the bottom of the cirque. There's a parking lot right next to it, so, yes, I've been there. Lots of people park there and hike that ridge to the right. I drive up and around the left to the summit. I usually go right at dawn and have the road pretty much to myself and the elk, mountain goats and bighorn sheep. With an eye peeled for wildlife, it's a great M3 road.
Dave