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Crater Lake has only frozen once in recorded history and that was way back in 1949. Heat from the summer sun stored in the immense body of water retards ice formation throughout the winter. Remember, this is the deepest lake in the United States, the second deepest in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh deepest in the world! And that’s the truth, folks!
