glacier

I had wanted to make to he hike to Iceberg Lake in the Many Glacier section of the park for several years. As it had turned out, each time I had a day to make the hike the trail was closed due to bear activity. Yesterday was finally my day. I left home in Kalispell at 2am so I could be on the...

My partner Jeff got this shot of me taking a rest on a ski descent of the Colman Glacier route on Mt. Baker many years ago. We were headed right, not down through that crevasse area below us!

I took this on a crazy day telemark skiing in 1980 in very icy conditions near Chamonix France. I visited for Christmas skiing but snow conditions were terrible. I took a bad fall when I was on a cat track back at the ski area and broke a finger.

I made my way back out to Lake McDonald this morning, only to find that the western end of the lake near Apgar village had frozen within the last few weeks. Since temperatures have been near 0° for the last week (and were -20°F this morning) I guess freezing makes sense. So I tried to make use...

Here are two from Avalanche Creek in Glacier. I'm not sure if I prefer the portrait or the landscape so feel free to let loose with your thoughts. 1) Landscape 2) Portrait 3) An edit of the portrait version with some cropping and some attempts to make the waterfall stand out more.

I captured this image Saturday afternoon while hiking in Glacier. I started by traipsing into the snow to get close to the falls (I'll share an image from there Wednesday) but I liked this scene from the bridge much better. Some sunset light in the clouds doesn't hurt either. This is a single...

I made my way out to McDonald Lake for sunset last night. The light fizzled before it could really light up the clouds, but I had a chance to capture a few shots before that. Any thoughts are always welcome.

Since I was spending 3 weeks near Glacier, I was watching the forecast to pick a morning where it would be worth getting up early and driving over the pass to shoot Saint Mary Lake at sunrise. Unfortunately, while the light was definitely nice, it was windy enough that the trees were blowing...

I made my way to Avalanche Creek this morning, going early enough both to get a parking spot and to avoid any harsh light. This spot is a definite playground for photographers. I have plenty of images to process, but this one caught my eye first. Any thoughts are welcome.

Here are a few images from my hike along the Highline Trail in Glacier. Any thoughts are welcome. 1) Looking across the way... 2) Hand-held focus stack to get some flowers and mountains 3) (bonus image) And my wife and daughter on the trail

Although I had hiked up to the Hidden Lake Overlook specifically to shoot the Milky Way, there was an awfully nice twilight as well. So here is an image taken at 14mm. The sky was actually fairly dark - the moon was hiding behind the clouds on the right which is what is providing the light on...

This is the image I had envisioned for this weekend, although I captured a bunch of other interesting scenes as the clouds cleared and the sky got darker that I'll share later. Any thoughts are welcome.

I've been back-country skiing with Eric for almost 30 years now. I think this is one of the best environmental portraits I've gotten of him in his element. Taken on the Cowlitz Glacier on Mt. Rainier last week. The summer corn snow was perfect - firm base, with fast slightly slushy corn surface...

Two Medicine Lake at sunrise in Glacier National Park

Lake McDonald at sunset in Glacier National Park

Mountain goats along the Grinnell Glacier Trail

Bird Woman Falls surrounded by clouds in Glacier National Park

Hidden Lake at sunset in Glacier National Park

I was about to archive a folder of shots from a drive over Hwy 20 through the North Cascades. I saw this shot, which I had passed over for a wider view. This morning I worked on it and cropped in a lot to focus on the angles and layers.

The west face of Mt. Baker in late afternoon winter light.