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Day 2259: As October races by, we are speeding through another golden tree season. And while one larch species has faded, another one is just hitting its stride. Pity the poor western larch who sits in relative obscurity while it’s cousin, the

Day 2258: The golden larches arrived a bit later this year than recent years. It’s hard to say exactly how much, but anecdotally it seemed maybe 5 to as many as 7 days later than the last couple. Without doing an actual scientific study where y

Day 2257: I am always shocked by the impact snow has on a landscape. With a single storm an autumn (or even summer) scene can be winterized. You can go up in the mountains on one weekend and experience July-like conditions and a few days later Januar

Day 2256: This summer, the last remaining ice field in the Lower 48 broke apart. Okay, depending on your definition of “ice field” that’s not exactly true, but this summer the rapid acceleration of glacial loss in the North Cascades

Day 2255: The first significant snow of the season in the Cascades is almost upon us! Last week there were very light scattered snow showers in the North Cascades that brought the first wisps of winter to the larch marchers, but this weekend we will

Day 2254: I didn’t exactly have a larch snowbow on my bingo sheet this weekend, but in October you never know what magic you’ll discover. Some health issues have forced me out of the Cascades for more than a month so it was nice that I wa

Day 2253: If I had to choose my favorite landscape to photograph, it would have to be the first early snows of autumn mixed with the explosion of fall colors. There is something so unique about such an extreme clash of seasons—it feels like the

Day 2252: Yes, somehow it is already October and in our dichotomy of seasons, summer is ready for its final golden flare up before the landscape settles in for winter.
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2024/10/13

Day 2251: Alaska, pretty much without question, has the most incredible terrain in the US. It has 19 peaks higher than anything else in the Lower 48, more than a dozen major mountain ranges, and 75,000 sq km of glaciers (200 times more than the rest

Day 2250: One of the things I was most excited for Alaska was seeing a tidewater glacier. As someone who grew up with glaciers in the mountains, always at elevation, the idea of a glacier spilling ice directly into the ocean doesn’t compute. It

Day 2250: Today I’m highlighting Alaskan tree line for my third day of my bear-less posts in honor of Fat Bear Week. In Washington, tree line varies wildly. From some of the lowest tree line elevations in the Lower 48 around 5,000’ in the

Day 2248: As the second part of my Alaskan nod to fat bear week, today I’m highlighting Exit Glacier and the Harding Icefield. In a land known for glaciers, Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords NP is one of the most famous glaciers in Alaska. Not for i

Day 2247: Today is the official start of Fat Bear Week! This is a science education/social media program run by Katmai National Park and Preserve (in Alaska) that started in 2014 and has gained fame over recent years. The program highlights some of t

Day 2246: If you haven’t spent that much time in the mountains this summer, the past couple months may have felt somewhat unremarkable. You may have noticed that it’s been relatively warm, but it’s not like there was a massive heat

Day 2245: On Tuesday evening the Bear Gulch fire in the southeastern Olympics exploded. Over less than 24 hours, the fire roughly doubled in size, going from around 10,000 acres to almost 20,000 acres. Overnight it became one of the largest fires in

Day 2244: Tis the most colorful time of the year again in the Cascades. No clue how it happened this fast, but I’m hoping my body will give me a chance to get out there in the next month before the snows of winter descend.
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2023/09/16

Day 2243: A golden sunset moment amongst the endless layers of the North Cascades.
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2025/07/05

Day 2242: Sometimes in the mountains you have to be flexible with your plans. At the beginning of July, I embarked on what has become an annual four day traverse in the North Cascades. This was going to be the third year and each year has gotten a li

Day 2241: When I’m in the backcountry, off-trail and miles from any sign of civilization, it can be a little hard to actually acknowledge the intrinsic danger of the terrain. Of course death can strike at any point whether you’re sitting

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

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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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