mt. pilchuck

We woke up late to a nice sunrise starting. I got up and made coffee, but didn't think it would amount to much. Just when I was pouring my cup it peaked and I hurried to get the drone up. Shoulda waited on the coffee - I missed the best of it, but the left overs were still nice. Mt. Pilchuck...

The serendipity finding a nice unexpected sunset with my drone a couple days ago got me psyched to fly more. When a few clouds looked a bit promising I figured I might as well take er up again since I can just take off from my backyard and shoot up for a view. When I first looked out the window...

The morning fog hid most of the sunrise clouds from my house, but I could see a bit of color developing up high so I launched the drone since it only takes a couple of minutes to deploy. Drone-sunrise-11.13.19-036a-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Nov 13, 2019 at 8:08 AM Click through for large...

Another drone view of the mountains from above my house.

I was flying my drone around Mt. Pilchuck yesterday morning when the clouds started to build. I saw a glory rainbow forming above me, so I flew out and framed the mountain with the rainbow as an accent. It was incredible having the ability to place the camera where I wanted it to capture this...

I was a bit bummed to find a group of young people already camped in Mt. Pilchuck's summit lookout on a Monday evening, but I know a good spot on a side ridge where I headed to drop my sleeping bag. Worked out great in the end - a new perspective, and the kids scrambled out onto the ridge...

One of my go-to easy access little hikes to a beautiful mountain lake. Flew the drone yesterday for some winter views.

I did a quick hike up to Lake 22 in the Cascades near my house yesterday. A well packed trail meant I didn't need snowshoes, but micro-spikes were very nice for the icy descent. I brought the drone and got a great view over the ridge and up to the summit of Mt. Pilchuck. Lake Outlet, Sony...

We took advantage of the only government shutdown benefit I can think of - the forest service didn't have the $ to shut down the road to Mt. Pilchuck yet so we managed to drive all the way to the trailhead parking lot for a rare easy winter climb. Due to recent rain then freeze cycles the snow...

My favorite ski run on Mt. Pilchuck in the spring looks very different in the summer.

Nine shots (3 rows of 3) with my Sony A7rII resulted in this 2.5 GB pano - morning view east to Glacier Pk. from the top of Mt. Pilchuck. Click through to see larger. Pilchuck-Sunrise-(159)-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Sep 20, 2018 at 9:58 AM

I hiked up my little local peak Monday with a heavy pack filled with photo gear to spend the night. I lucked out having the lookout to myself (other than a noisy mouse). My star time lapse failed when my A7rII, which I'd left out on a tripod ready for an 11 PM start time, gave an error when I...

Another one from the top of Mt. Pilchuck last week. Looking SE, Spada Lk. on the r.

I'm normally up here for skiing in the spring, but enjoy looking at the rocky ridge that is so smooth with snow cover then.

Since getting a new drone I've been excited to use it's unique perspective. Of course like everyone I wanted to get a shot of my own house, but didn't want to zip around in the middle of the day bothering the neighbors, or giving them concerns about their privacy (and I won't be doing that in...

Another hike up my closest little peak just before the first rains of the fall season started. I was mainly there to try out my new drone, but was glad I brought my Sony A7rII with 24-104mm also for these earthbound shots. Mt. Baker Mt. Baker II Glacier Pk. Three Fingers Looking east...

Mt. Pilchuck is the easiest access mountain to my home near Everett WA. For many years my friends and I did "dusk patrols" - after work runs up in the spring, skiing down with the sunset. Sadly they gate the 6 mile road to the trailhead now in the winter and don't open it again until all the...