I stayed in August 2021, thankfully wildfire smoke wasn’t bad but everyone thought it would be so all reservation holders seemed to cancel. This left us with a loop largely to ourselves, which was fantastic. We enjoyed use of the bear box, never had a problem. The site was very quiet at night despite the many amenities close by with the store, etc. My only complaint is that visitors did not wear masks in the tiny bathrooms despite notices on the doors that they were required. Why you wouldn’t WANT to wear them in multi use stinky bathroom is beyond me but some of these assholes didn’t care. Sometimes they also hogged the sink to wash their feet which was doubly annoying. But that’s more an annoyance with humans than the campground itself. I’m sure this place is normally really busy so be prepared for that. But there’s no better camping to use as a Crater Lake launching off point.