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PNW
Skagit
West
Astro
World
Wildlife
Adventure
Abstract
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Panorama
Adventures
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NCI Blog Posts
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5% for the Parks
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August 2, 2023
Wyatt Mullen

Vancouver Island's Golden Summit (Story Coming 2026)

August 2, 2023
Wyatt Mullen

I join Anthony and Liz on a multi-day adventure to summit the tallest peak on Vancouver Island. Longing to explore ensues.

August 2, 2023
Wyatt Mullen

Wyatt Mullen

Rainbows and Ridges (Story Coming Winter 2026)
Big Game Hunting in the Era of Climate Change (Story Coming 2026)
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Day 2311: It’s no secret that the snowpack is horrible throughout much of the west this season. It’s heinous in the far south (down near Tahoe at the Central Sierra Snow Lab the snowpack was measured at 0 today when it should have been ne
Day 2310: The last couple springs I’ve spent some time in the Canadian Rockies near Banff. This March/April I won’t be making a return trip, but Canada can’t keep me away and I’ll be up in BC in May. Maybe even this summer I&r
Day 2309: Last week we saw a particularly unusual set of weather conditions set up in Washington State. Snow fell all the way down to sea level including a measured 3” at SeaTac. This was the 5th greatest March snowfall on record (80ish years o
Day 2308: Say hello to the snowiest snow measuring station in the US! There’s snow and then there’s the snow amounts that bury this station just above Easy Pass at 5,280’ in the National Park. While there are snowier places in the U
Day 2307: Right now we are in the midst of a series of atmospheric rivers. After receiving a couple feet of snow in the Central and South Washington Cascades last week, the freezing level has risen to 8,000-10,000’ and the WA Cascades (especial
Day 2306: As a photographer it’s important to appreciate the small scenes. Not every day is grandiose, nor everything beautiful the size of a mountain. In the last couple of years I feel like I have regressed in my appreciation of the minute de
Day 2305: Today is the last day to sign up for the 2026 North Cascades backcountry permit lottery! Not going to lie, despite the dozens of nights I’ve spent in the backcountry of North Cascades National Park, I’ve never entered this early
Day 2304: So…how much snowfall we talking? If you’ve been paying any attention to the local news or weather in the PNW over the last couple days, you may have heard about winter’s return (or arrival?). Well, it does appear to be a
Day 2302: I posted about this about a month ago (on day 2,294), but I cannot get over the extreme snowfall gradient with elevation this year in the North Cascades. The Mt. Baker Ski Area currently has almost twice the depth of snow at 5,000’ as
Day 2302: This weekend the snow up in the Mount Baker area was the stuff of an artist’s dreams. The temperature could have been colder and the snow could have been deeper, but I can’t imagine a softer, cleaner, more untouched canvas than
Day 3001: In the recent year I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the speed of road repair. Last year the road to the Hoh rainforest washed out and was fixed within just a couple of months. After the destructive series of atmospheric rivers this p
Day 2301: We are extremely fortunate to live in an area with winter mountain access. In Washington there is a lifetime of winter adventures to be had, but the key is making sure you have a lifetime to enjoy them. In the winter an inhospitable environ
Day 2300: So far winter has been missing across the west. Sure, we’ve had a couple snow storms blow through the mountains and we had an inversion in the lowlands last month which brought some of the first freezing lows of the winter to areas, b
Day 2298: I remember spotting this heart shaped tarn in the summer of 2024 up in BC and thinking it would make a perfect Valentine’s Day post. Of course you can find heart shaped objects all around nature if you look hard enough—spend a b
Day 2297: As I was driving home the other night, a spontaneous question popped into my mind. What city is the best located in the US for trips (especially day trips) to national parks? I know there are a number of ways this could be defined, so I wan
Day 2296: During our recent stretch of sunny and warm weather (at least in the mountains), I had the opportunity to get out into the old growth forests of the Olympic Peninsula. I’m not usually that much of a “forest guy,” but there
Day 2295: It has finally started snowing again in the mountains…at 7,000’. Another January has almost passed and another January worth of snow has been wasted. January used to be the coldest month in the PNW. It was when we saw the most
Day 2294: A couple days ago I made a post about how terrible the snowpack is throughout the west. While this is true for much of the Cascades, it’s been a weird winter and I wanted to zoom into one of the exceptions to the rule. Here we’r
Day 2293: The Western Olympics feels extremely far removed from the Cascades I normally spend my time in. This is partly a result of their physical distance (it takes 3-4 hours to reach them from Seattle), but the character of the range also feels di
Day 2292: The snowpack in the west is truly gruesome at the moment. For the PNW region as a whole (basically the WA/OR/ID, the snowpack is about 64% of average across all elevation bands. That would make this the third worst level for the date in the
Day 2311: It’s no secret that the snowpack is horrible throughout much of the west this season. It’s heinous in the far south (down near Tahoe at the Central Sierra Snow Lab the snowpack was measured at 0 today when it should have been ne Day 2310: The last couple springs I’ve spent some time in the Canadian Rockies near Banff. This March/April I won’t be making a return trip, but Canada can’t keep me away and I’ll be up in BC in May. Maybe even this summer I&r Day 2309: Last week we saw a particularly unusual set of weather conditions set up in Washington State. Snow fell all the way down to sea level including a measured 3” at SeaTac. This was the 5th greatest March snowfall on record (80ish years o Day 2308: Say hello to the snowiest snow measuring station in the US! There’s snow and then there’s the snow amounts that bury this station just above Easy Pass at 5,280’ in the National Park. While there are snowier places in the U Day 2307: Right now we are in the midst of a series of atmospheric rivers. After receiving a couple feet of snow in the Central and South Washington Cascades last week, the freezing level has risen to 8,000-10,000’ and the WA Cascades (especial Day 2306: As a photographer it’s important to appreciate the small scenes. Not every day is grandiose, nor everything beautiful the size of a mountain. In the last couple of years I feel like I have regressed in my appreciation of the minute de Day 2305: Today is the last day to sign up for the 2026 North Cascades backcountry permit lottery! Not going to lie, despite the dozens of nights I’ve spent in the backcountry of North Cascades National Park, I’ve never entered this early Day 2304: So…how much snowfall we talking? If you’ve been paying any attention to the local news or weather in the PNW over the last couple days, you may have heard about winter’s return (or arrival?). Well, it does appear to be a Day 2302: I posted about this about a month ago (on day 2,294), but I cannot get over the extreme snowfall gradient with elevation this year in the North Cascades. The Mt. Baker Ski Area currently has almost twice the depth of snow at 5,000’ as Day 2302: This weekend the snow up in the Mount Baker area was the stuff of an artist’s dreams. The temperature could have been colder and the snow could have been deeper, but I can’t imagine a softer, cleaner, more untouched canvas than Day 3001: In the recent year I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the speed of road repair. Last year the road to the Hoh rainforest washed out and was fixed within just a couple of months. After the destructive series of atmospheric rivers this p Day 2301: We are extremely fortunate to live in an area with winter mountain access. In Washington there is a lifetime of winter adventures to be had, but the key is making sure you have a lifetime to enjoy them. In the winter an inhospitable environ Day 2300: So far winter has been missing across the west. Sure, we’ve had a couple snow storms blow through the mountains and we had an inversion in the lowlands last month which brought some of the first freezing lows of the winter to areas, b Day 2298: I remember spotting this heart shaped tarn in the summer of 2024 up in BC and thinking it would make a perfect Valentine’s Day post. Of course you can find heart shaped objects all around nature if you look hard enough—spend a b Day 2297: As I was driving home the other night, a spontaneous question popped into my mind. What city is the best located in the US for trips (especially day trips) to national parks? I know there are a number of ways this could be defined, so I wan Day 2296: During our recent stretch of sunny and warm weather (at least in the mountains), I had the opportunity to get out into the old growth forests of the Olympic Peninsula. I’m not usually that much of a “forest guy,” but there Day 2295: It has finally started snowing again in the mountains…at 7,000’. Another January has almost passed and another January worth of snow has been wasted. January used to be the coldest month in the PNW. It was when we saw the most Day 2294: A couple days ago I made a post about how terrible the snowpack is throughout the west. While this is true for much of the Cascades, it’s been a weird winter and I wanted to zoom into one of the exceptions to the rule. Here we’r Day 2293: The Western Olympics feels extremely far removed from the Cascades I normally spend my time in. This is partly a result of their physical distance (it takes 3-4 hours to reach them from Seattle), but the character of the range also feels di Day 2292: The snowpack in the west is truly gruesome at the moment. For the PNW region as a whole (basically the WA/OR/ID, the snowpack is about 64% of average across all elevation bands. That would make this the third worst level for the date in the
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