Deaf Blogger Stranded for 5 Days in Snowstorm at Crater Lake National Park

It’s below-freezing, there are snow flurries in the air, and darkness is beginning to fall on Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park. Too cold to sleep in a tent, you set your sleeping bags down in one of the park’s heated bathroom facilities – you doze off, sleeping soundly until 5 a.m., when you awake eager to photograph the beautiful sunrise.

Except, unbeknownst to you, a blizzard has left several feet of snow on the ground, and the roaring winds have moved a mountain of snow in front of the door – trapping you inside. This was the experience of Marlene Valle, a deaf traveler who writes the blog Deafinitely Wanderlust. Unable to hear the sounds of the storm outside, she and her boyfriend slept through the blizzard and were trapped in the National Park for 5 days.

To read more about Marlene’s experience, and how she made it to safety, read the full story on her blog. It’s a nail-biter!