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July 4, 2023
Wyatt Mullen

The Glacier Peak High Route (Story Coming Winter 2025)

July 4, 2023
Wyatt Mullen

Kyle, Anthony, and I travel 80 miles over four days from Cascade Pass to the summit of Glacier Peak.

July 4, 2023
Wyatt Mullen

Wyatt Mullen

Big Game Hunting in the Era of Climate Change (Story Coming 2025)
The Tale of the Flightless Ptarmigan
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Day 2240: One of the best things about living in Washington is that it’s directly south of British Columbia. When I feel like the mountains aren’t tall enough, the glaciers aren’t big enough, and the alpine lakes aren’t blue e
Day 2239: We have been incredibly lucky with wildfires across much of the northwest this summer, particularly in WA. 100% of the state is now in at least Moderate Drought (level 2 of 5) with 68% of it in Severe (level 3 of 5) and 14% in Extreme (leve
Day 2238: This morning the temperature throughout Western WA dropped into the 40s and low 50s Fahrenheit with even a couple locations in the upper valleys getting into the 30s. On the whole, not that unusual for the summer where average low temperatu
Day 2237: Where is the lowest section of the Cascade Range? The first approach to this question may be to find the lowest pass through the range. Intuitively, you might think that the lowest elevation in the Cascades would be at the start or end of t
Day 2237: I’ve been shooting photos now for almost 15 years, disseminating landscape images for more than 10, and capturing the Washington mountains almost exclusively for a bit more than 5. When you do something for so long and so consistently
Day 2235: It seems like if there is a “simple” answer to life, or a trick that could be titled the “ultimate life hack,” it would fall under the guise of time management. It is rare that you hear a wish for less time in the da
Day 2235: “Wow! It really feels like we’re floating on a cloudy sea! I love how it really isolates each individual summit and makes them feel as if they could be any height, any size. It would be incredible to have peaks rising out of the
Day 2233: Spending time in the late spring in the high alpine of the North Cascades usually causes me to question my assumptions about the temperature properties of snow. I mean I know snow should melt around 32°F and should disappear especially
Day 2233: I haven’t had much of a chance to go through photos from recent trips lately, but as I was scanning through a ski traverse last month, this image caught my eye. Despite the snowy foreground, the atmosphere gave me strong summer vibes.
Day 2231: Glaciers are sometimes compared to living, breathing beings. They evolve as time goes on and live through seasonal cycles, bulking in the winter and wasting away under the hot summer sun. And while they may actually be more geologic than or
Day 2230: Despite being at the height of solar maximum, it felt like the aurora had been relatively quiet so far in 2025. There’d been some smaller shows, but nothing really impressive since last October’s show. Then, last week, a collect
Day 2229: I moved to Seattle a little over a year ago and it’s funny how much living just an hour further away from the North Cascades has cut down on my visits there. This is not exactly true in the summer, but during the shoulder season (and
Day 2228: Memorial Day weekend has quickly become probably my second favorite adventure holiday in the PNW (behind the 4th of July of course). This is partly a result of a dearth of holidays in the summer and partly because of the possibilities offer
Day 2227: The snow is melting fast out there! Somehow we’re already racing towards late May and very shortly the high elevation hiking trails will emerge out from under their white blanket. This was the third winter in a row of below average sn
Day 2226: It’s spring in the PNW, but you’re in the wrong state if you think this is what spring looks like at high elevations. I always think it’s funny when people post photos on here from mid summer (or even autumn) and identify
Day 2225: I sometimes wonder if we’ve reached peak social herd mentality. If we’ve come to an equilibrium where the masses swarming to one social media hot spot are balanced by other folks avoiding that spot because of the crowds. And eve
Day 2224: The last month has been remarkably dry—in fact one of the driest mid-April to mid-May stretches on record. Many places in the PNW have seen less than a quarter of their normal rainfall for this time of year. Since the start of the yea
Day 2223: Another aurora shot from the night after last year’s incredible May 10th Aurora show. I went up high and to one of the darkest places in the state with the hope that the colors from the previous night would linger. Even before sunset
Day 2222: It’s shocking it’s been already a year since this magnificent aurora show. I’d captured the northern lights almost a dozen times, but every time they had been relatively faint. Color had been naked eye visible a number of
Day 2221: Tomorrow the Hoh rainforest section of Olympic National Park reopens. The road into the rainforest is the main access point for Mount Olympus and of course one of the premier examples of a temperate rainforest in the entire US. Nearly half
Day 2240: One of the best things about living in Washington is that it’s directly south of British Columbia. When I feel like the mountains aren’t tall enough, the glaciers aren’t big enough, and the alpine lakes aren’t blue e Day 2239: We have been incredibly lucky with wildfires across much of the northwest this summer, particularly in WA. 100% of the state is now in at least Moderate Drought (level 2 of 5) with 68% of it in Severe (level 3 of 5) and 14% in Extreme (leve Day 2238: This morning the temperature throughout Western WA dropped into the 40s and low 50s Fahrenheit with even a couple locations in the upper valleys getting into the 30s. On the whole, not that unusual for the summer where average low temperatu Day 2237: Where is the lowest section of the Cascade Range? The first approach to this question may be to find the lowest pass through the range. Intuitively, you might think that the lowest elevation in the Cascades would be at the start or end of t Day 2237: I’ve been shooting photos now for almost 15 years, disseminating landscape images for more than 10, and capturing the Washington mountains almost exclusively for a bit more than 5. When you do something for so long and so consistently Day 2235: It seems like if there is a “simple” answer to life, or a trick that could be titled the “ultimate life hack,” it would fall under the guise of time management. It is rare that you hear a wish for less time in the da Day 2235: “Wow! It really feels like we’re floating on a cloudy sea! I love how it really isolates each individual summit and makes them feel as if they could be any height, any size. It would be incredible to have peaks rising out of the Day 2233: Spending time in the late spring in the high alpine of the North Cascades usually causes me to question my assumptions about the temperature properties of snow. I mean I know snow should melt around 32°F and should disappear especially Day 2233: I haven’t had much of a chance to go through photos from recent trips lately, but as I was scanning through a ski traverse last month, this image caught my eye. Despite the snowy foreground, the atmosphere gave me strong summer vibes. Day 2231: Glaciers are sometimes compared to living, breathing beings. They evolve as time goes on and live through seasonal cycles, bulking in the winter and wasting away under the hot summer sun. And while they may actually be more geologic than or Day 2230: Despite being at the height of solar maximum, it felt like the aurora had been relatively quiet so far in 2025. There’d been some smaller shows, but nothing really impressive since last October’s show. Then, last week, a collect Day 2229: I moved to Seattle a little over a year ago and it’s funny how much living just an hour further away from the North Cascades has cut down on my visits there. This is not exactly true in the summer, but during the shoulder season (and Day 2228: Memorial Day weekend has quickly become probably my second favorite adventure holiday in the PNW (behind the 4th of July of course). This is partly a result of a dearth of holidays in the summer and partly because of the possibilities offer Day 2227: The snow is melting fast out there! Somehow we’re already racing towards late May and very shortly the high elevation hiking trails will emerge out from under their white blanket. This was the third winter in a row of below average sn Day 2226: It’s spring in the PNW, but you’re in the wrong state if you think this is what spring looks like at high elevations. I always think it’s funny when people post photos on here from mid summer (or even autumn) and identify Day 2225: I sometimes wonder if we’ve reached peak social herd mentality. If we’ve come to an equilibrium where the masses swarming to one social media hot spot are balanced by other folks avoiding that spot because of the crowds. And eve Day 2224: The last month has been remarkably dry—in fact one of the driest mid-April to mid-May stretches on record. Many places in the PNW have seen less than a quarter of their normal rainfall for this time of year. Since the start of the yea Day 2223: Another aurora shot from the night after last year’s incredible May 10th Aurora show. I went up high and to one of the darkest places in the state with the hope that the colors from the previous night would linger. Even before sunset Day 2222: It’s shocking it’s been already a year since this magnificent aurora show. I’d captured the northern lights almost a dozen times, but every time they had been relatively faint. Color had been naked eye visible a number of Day 2221: Tomorrow the Hoh rainforest section of Olympic National Park reopens. The road into the rainforest is the main access point for Mount Olympus and of course one of the premier examples of a temperate rainforest in the entire US. Nearly half
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