Rex Trulove
This is a more closeup picture of the top of the Wizard Island cinder cone. Although it may not look like it, the hemlocks and fir trees on the island are full-grown and large. Each is in excess of 50 feet tall and a few of them are nearly double that height.
The name of the island comes from the observation that it looks very much like the peaked wizard’s had that many stories describe.
At the very top of the island, there is a depression around what is left of the lava vent.
Boat tours operate that allow people to actually walk on Wizard Island. It is much larger than it seems from the shore.
