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Drone panorama of Morning Star Peak's NW face in the Central Cascades. It was a joy to fly the drone over to check out this face in the afternoon light as we rested at a pass on our ski descent of nearby Vesper Pk. Years ago my partner Jeff (who was also with me this day) and I did the first ski...

Nice little winter hike to a nearby mountain lake. I've deleted the original video I posted after following Jim's advice. Here is the edit. Open full screen to view full HD. "

I've already posted a short video I shot of myself back-country skiing at Stevens Pass, WA. Here are a couple of frame grabs from the DJI Mavic 2 Pro.

X-skiing up The Mountain Loop was an icy snowmobile churned mess, so my wife and I headed home early. This gave me time to fly up and take a look-see at the NW face of Hall Pk.

I couldn't find a partner yesterday, and was sorry to worry my wife, but had to hit the blue-bird day with cold temps and recent bit of powder. Avy danger was low and I went to one of my old favorites that isn't far back. My first day using the drone to shoot skiing, which is one of the main...

This is a depth I didn't want to explore! Glacial crevasse in the Bugaboo range of Canada.

The path leading through June Valley in the Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island is located on one of the most spectacular Arctic trails. The trail follows the wild Owl River and serpents around the Innatiavaluk mountain range. The immensity of the surrounding landscape is emphasized further...

It seems like I may be one of the few climbers participating on this site, and likely the only NW alpinist. What follows is an insight into the hardest part of climbing many peaks of the North Cascades - the off trail approach through brushy complex terrain. Climbers in the Rockies and Sierras...

I could only see a sliver of Big Four from the road, but with a drone the views open up.

I got an early start and made it up to the Heybrook Ridge viewpoint well before sunrise to get this shot of one of the most dramatic peaks in Washington.

Sunset ski run, on Three Fingers Mt., WA

Looking into the entrance to one of the Big Four ice caves with recent avalanche debris partially covering the entrance. Obviously this wouldn't be a safe location in dangerous avy conditions:eek:

Drone view down onto the avalanche path that makes the snow/ice pile where the Big Four Ice Caves develop. This was taken on a low risk day, I wouldn't venture up there later in the winter when the chance of big slides increases (I've seen debris piled up all the way to tree line).

Drone View, DJI M2P

The snow wasn't perfect, but it was good to get out for my first day of back-country skiing this year up at Stevens Pass WA. Taking in the view from The Diving Board One of the better little slopes we found

Taken at the base of Big Four's north face looking north. Big-Four-trail-22-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Dec 31, 2018 at 5:05 PM Click through for larger gallery image

Near Gold Creek

My favorite shot from a week of fantastic back-country skiing at Rodgers Pass in BC. This was the run of a lifetime - no tracks, perfect snow with low avy danger, and sun! I made a large print of it for my friend Eric who buys a red jacket just for my pictures. I sure hope I can get a day this...