As we part of a two night backpack trip we stayed at crooked lake. The site we stayed at was close to the lake and had a clear path to walk from the site to the lake (which made a great place for dinner). Unfortunately when we stayed the water pump was unavailable, fortunately the camp staff had a 5gal water cooler available (and we pumped and filtered water out of the lake). The pit toilets were very clean and trash cans had been managed well.