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We were a bit worried about rain, but only got sprinkled on at the summit. This is the view north to Three Fingers Mt. peeking through the clouds.

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Afternoon stormy weather with short blasts of light always delivers exceptional photographic conditions. If you are lucky, the turmoil on the sky forces clouds to move unpredictably and creates the light show right in front of you.

Image shot from the pond on CR 7 in Ridgway, CO.

Lk-Stevens-Sunrise-4.819-05-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Apr 9, 2019 at 2:03 PM Drone view east from above my house. Click for larger gallery image.

This is a view from Log Hill in Ridgway Colorado yesterday evening.

Yesterday's moon on Mt. Seymour in Vancouver. The temperature fell to -40C. Who knew that spring can be so cruel? Some technical stuff: The rigid moon effect visible on the photo is not a technical issue. I noticed that under very low temperatures the surrounding air behaves as if it was very...

Even though I might not be entirely ready to say goodbye to winter as I am a well-known enthusiast of snow and ice, it might be time to share with you a spring-related photo. Just to stay on top with the season and the awakening nature.

Taken with my drone on a back-country ski tour of Vesper Pk. (the snowy peak on the far left). Vesper-Pk.-3.1.19-45-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Mar 2, 2019 at 6:42 PM DJI M2P

I normally ski Vesper Pk. in the spring once the approach road has opened but I got an offer of a snowmobile ride yesterday that I couldn't turn down which made a winter climb feasible. I normally don't care for the damn things, but it sure made the 7 miles of road go fast! We brought the drone...

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...

Didn't look spectacular from my house this morning, but it only takes a couple minutes to get the drone up a few hundred feet to see the big view. Drone-Sunrise-2.16.19-105-Pano-4k-2 by Jim Dockery posted Feb 16, 2019 at 9:39 AM

Hey guys! Me and my friend Shaul FIron, drove to Sataf (an interesting area in Jerusalem mountains) in hopes of shooting wild orchids, without exact location it was impossible to find, so we had a good time, and pretty good cardio/leg workout, we parked on top of the mountain, went all the way...

When a quiet, wind-free night suddenly fills in with the Aurora light, my internal state of calmness rapidly changes. The inflow of excitement kicks in bringing a nervous and chaotic search for composition. Only after the first shot of adrenaline fades away, I can calm down and move into my...

Susan is a nurse who works two 12 hour shifts in the city each week so she can live up in the mountains and pursue mountain sports the rest of the time. This was taken on a ski tour out of Stevens Pass, WA. I think she should pursue a bit of modeling of outdoor gear to get some swag.

The snow wasn't great, but we got a good work-out, and some nice views when the clouds parted on a ski tour yesterday near Stevens Pass, WA.

Round Mountain, Powderhorn, Colorado in early spring 2018.

Unseasonably warm weather wasn't good for our normal x-skiing so my wife and I checked out the snow free, low elevation, Heybrook Ridge trail near the town of Index WA. A very pleasant easy 2 miles through 2nd growth forest leads to a good view of Mt. Index (which was in shade when we got there...

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...