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2013-05-16 19:59:23 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

Last weekend I spent 4 days camping and backpacking in Cedar Mesa, Utah.  I spent the whole time shooting with my new Fujifilm X100S camera and wrote up a "mini review" on my blog: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/cedar-mesa-with-fujifilm-x100s/

#Utah   #Fujifilm   #X100S  

2013-05-04 17:33:14 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 40 +1s)

I am pleased to announce that I will now be offering a "Print of the Month" every month at a 20% discount! Any print size or display option, but only this photo this month.

For May, the print-of-the-month is "Sneffels Range Autumn", my most loved and best selling print of all.

You can choose your size and display options here: http://www.mountainphotography.com/photo/sneffels-range-autumn/ and use the discount code POTM in the shopping cart.

2013-05-01 16:22:57 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

In the famous Zebra slot in Escalante National Monument, Utah a week or so ago.  We did 8 dayhikes in a row around there and in Capitol Reef; see lots of photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/8-dayhikes-in-the-utah-canyons/

2013-04-27 23:25:32 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 40 +1s)

Here's the little town of Avalon on Catalina Island, off the coast of southern California near Los Angeles.  We spent a week earlier this month hiking the 45-mile Trans Catalina Trail across the entire island.  More photos and trip report here:  http://www.mountainphotographer.com/trans-catalina-trail/

2013-03-04 16:27:23 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 33 +1s)

We spent the weekend in a yurt! More photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/yurt-weekend/

#Colorado   #yurt  

2013-03-01 16:41:49 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

How we are really moving through space.

2013-02-28 18:16:28 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 33 +1s)

What a gorgeous day in the San Juans yesterday, with bluebird skies after a big snow dump. I went out early in the morning and took this panoramic photo of #Ouray  , #Colorado  

Be sure to see the larger version here! http://www.mountainphotography.com/photo/ouray-winter-dawn-panorama/

2013-02-14 17:34:07 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

The snow has been great in the San Juans lately!  I've been out splitboarding the last three days and posted a bunch of photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/february-fun/

#colorado  

2012-12-29 16:42:17 (9 comments, 7 reshares, 63 +1s)

Ouray last night!   #Ouray  , #Colorado  

2012-12-27 19:18:29 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

2012-12-17 18:00:47 (7 comments, 7 reshares, 42 +1s)

Otertind reflects in a calm river on a gorgeous blue sky morning in northern Norway, 2009.

#Norway   #MountainMonday  

2012-11-30 17:06:59 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

Sunset atop Red Mountain #3 on Wednesday evening. San Juan Mountains, #Colorado  . More photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/red-mountain-moonrise/

2012-11-15 19:23:03 (9 comments, 6 reshares, 36 +1s)

One last photo from the desert - this from Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde, Colorado. What an amazing place! More here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/mesa-verde/

2012-11-14 20:26:12 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 41 +1s)

A slot canyon near Page, Arizona in early November.  Check out LOTS more photos from this hike here! http://www.mountainphotographer.com/slot-shots-page-arizona/

2012-11-13 19:42:46 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 42 +1s)

Sunrise light beams through the haze of prescribed burns along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, as seen from Point Imperial - November.
More here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/hazy-and-lazy-on-the-north-rim/

2012-11-13 00:30:53 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 26 +1s)

At the beginning of November, my wife and I backpacked down into the #GrandCanyon   for three days.  I'd actually never been there before, and now I wonder what took me so long!  Definitely one of the all-time best desert backpack treks I've gone on.  More photos and info here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/backpacking-into-the-grand-canyon/

2012-11-12 16:31:23 (13 comments, 5 reshares, 36 +1s)

Here's a moonset at the Racetrack in Death Valley National Park. This is a mysterious place where rocks seem to have moved around this dry desert lakebed by their own volition, leaving long random tracks behind them.  

The theory is that given just the right conditions, rain will flood the playa, then freeze, and then once the ice starts melting a little, strong winds will blow the ice-bound rocks around on the slick mud underneath.

These particular tracks – illuminated by the setting moon – are especially interesting. At first glance I assumed that they were car tracks – that some idiot had driven his car out there. Upon closer inspection, it’s clear that no car in the world could make tracks like this! Even more mysterious is that about a hundred feet away from these tracks are an almost exactly identical pattern, but aligned facing a different orientation. It bogglesthe mind... more »

2012-11-09 20:35:52 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 48 +1s)

An evening atop Eureka Dunes in Death Valley National Park a couple weeks ago.

2012-10-20 21:19:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

2012-10-15 18:05:39 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 41 +1s)

This weekend I went camping up in Ice Lakes Basin for a couple nights, to catch some photos of the fresh snow after the storm broke!

See more here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/a-taste-of-winter-at-ice-lakes/

#Colorado   #MountainMonday  , curated by +Michael Russell 

2012-10-11 15:51:25 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 5 +1s)

2012-10-08 19:53:11 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 31 +1s)

Fireworks over Ouray, #Colorado  on Saturday night's Octoberfest celebrations, as seen from nearly 4,000 feet higher on Hayden Mountain.  The funny thing is that we had no idea this was going to happen!  We just happened to be camping up on this high ridgeline when we heard the booming and got out of the tent to watch!  Normally there's no Octoberfest fireworks, but Ouray still had the leftovers from 4th of July (the fireworks were cancelled then due to the drought conditions).

#MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 

2012-10-01 16:17:09 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 62 +1s)

On Friday I witnessed an incredible sunset from a high perch in the Cimarron Range near Ridgway, #Colorado   Here's a pano shot (4 frames, 2-3 exposures per frame blended manually in PS for exposure range, then stitched together in AutopanoPro)

CLICK TO SEE IT BIGGER!  Also, more info and photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/a-cimarron-sunset/

For #MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 
#landscapephotography  , #SanJuanMountains  

2012-09-28 15:27:57 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 52 +1s)

Endless aspens near Telluride, #Colorado  a couple days ago.  The colors are fantastic this year!

More recent photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/leaf-lookin-around-telluride/

2012-09-24 15:18:19 (18 comments, 11 reshares, 82 +1s)

Clouds lifting off the rugged peaks of the Weminuche Wilderness in the San Juan Mountains of #Colorado  last month.  More photos from that 7-day trek here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/the-wild-heart-of-the-san-juans/

for #MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 

2012-09-18 01:36:40 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 57 +1s)

Mountainsides full of color up on Red Mountain Pass near #Ouray  , #Colorado  today.  It's amazing up there right now!  And it snowed today!  More photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/gold-snow/

2012-09-17 15:59:59 (16 comments, 2 reshares, 74 +1s)

Rich sunset light filters through the aspens on McClure Pass, near Marble, #Colorado   on Friday.  I can't decide whether to crop this one to the right in a 4x5 format or not...

2012-09-11 21:41:26 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 40 +1s)

The tundra here in the San Juan Mountains in #Colorado  has taken on a rich yellow autumn hue, accentuated by the golden sunset light. Here you see the rolling tundra of the Weminuche Wilderness at around 12,000 feet elevation, with the rugged Grenadier Range behind.

More photos from this weekend here! http://www.mountainphotographer.com/autumn-tundra/

2012-09-05 16:25:30 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 62 +1s)

Sunset this last weekend on another trek in the Weminuche Wilderness in the San Juan Mountains of #Colorado  

More photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/the-lime-loop/

2012-08-31 15:10:21 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 52 +1s)

Here's another photo from our 7-day trek in the Weminuche Wilderness in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado last week.

See all of them here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/the-wild-heart-of-the-san-juans/

2012-08-30 23:44:34 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 56 +1s)

Here's a friendly mountain goat in the Weminuche Wilderness in Colorado, taken during a 7-day trek through the Needle Mountains and Grenadier Range last week.

See LOTS more photos from our trek here!  http://www.mountainphotographer.com/the-wild-heart-of-the-san-juans/

2012-08-13 18:45:16 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 37 +1s)

Mt. Tutoko (2656 m) is the tallest mountain in the rugged Darran Mountains on the South Island of #NewZealand . Tutoko rises abruptly almost 9,000 vertical feet from the Hollyford river valley, which is just about at sea level.

For #MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 
#Mountains   #landscapephotography  
#monochromemonday  

2012-08-07 14:44:48 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 50 +1s)

Here's a gallery of my favorite black & white mountain photos.  Feel free to share!

Originals, along with print ordering, can be viewed here: http://www.widerange.org/gallery/mountains-black-and-white/

#Mountains   

2012-08-06 19:50:37 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 59 +1s)

Another from #GlacierNationalPark  , #Montana  .  Sunset at Elizabeth Lake, during a 5-day trek.  More photos here: http://www.widerange.org/gallery/glacier-national-park-montana/

#MountainPhotos   #mountains  
#MountainMonday  , curated by +Michael Russell 

2012-08-01 16:53:51 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 51 +1s)

Here's another from Glacier NP - a stormy morning at Elizabeth Lake.

#GlacierNationalPark   #Montana  

2012-07-30 16:24:11 (11 comments, 3 reshares, 68 +1s)

Pyramid Peak sunrise reflection, taken during a 5-day trek in Glacier National Park, Montana, a few weeks ago.

LOTS more photos from the hike here! http://www.mountainphotographer.com/elizabeth-glenn-and-cosley/

#MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 
#GlacierNationalPark   #Montana   #Mountains  

2012-07-28 21:29:59 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 27 +1s)

Ok, I'm on a roll now... here's another one from Glacier NP!

#GlacierNationalPark   #Montana   #Wildflowers  

2012-07-28 18:15:25 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 52 +1s)

Mountain goat at Cracker Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.  More photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/cracker-lake/

#GlacierNationalPark   #Montana   #Mountains  

2012-07-27 18:05:46 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 32 +1s)

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, on a misty morning earlier in July.  More photos here! http://www.mountainphotographer.com/grand-canyon-of-the-yellowstone/

#Yellowstone   #Wyoming   #Waterfall  

2012-07-27 17:41:45 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 57 +1s)

Here's one from the Tetons earlier this month!  A few more here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/jackson-and-the-tetons/

#mountains   #tetons   #wyoming  

2012-07-23 18:18:39 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 39 +1s)

Here's a snapshot from Glacier National Park in Montana.  I'm on my way home after spending about two weeks hiking in the park.  Spectacular mountains, and I can't wait to get back home and start processing my photos!

For #MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 
#mountains #hiking #Montana

2012-07-02 14:56:55 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 31 +1s)

The glaciated western faces of Yerupaja (6617m, 21,709 ft.), the second tallest mountain in Peru.

More b&w mountain photos here: http://www.widerange.org/gallery/mountains-black-and-white/

for #MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 
#MonochromeMonday  
#Peru   #Mountains  

2012-06-25 19:50:35 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 57 +1s)

Warbonnet Peak in the Wind River Range of Wyoming.  Thinking of heading back there very soon!

for #MountainMonday  curated by +Michael Russell 
#Wyoming   #Mountains  

2012-06-20 17:56:31 (18 comments, 4 reshares, 46 +1s)

My town, late last night.   #Ouray  , #Colorado  

2012-06-11 16:43:44 (13 comments, 26 reshares, 70 +1s)

Sunset at the spectacular Laguna Carhuacocha. The three center peaks, from left to right, are Yerupaja (Peru's second highest peak at 6617m or 21,709 ft.), Yerupaja Chico (6089m), and Jirishanca (6094m). Taken during an 11-day trek around the Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru two years ago.
http://www.widerange.org/gallery/peru/

For #MountainMonday  , curated by +Michael Russell 
#Peru   #mountains  

2012-06-06 18:37:33 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 55 +1s)

The impressive Vøringfossen waterfall plunges 183m (600 ft) from the Hardangervidda highlands into this gorge of the Eidfjord in Norway.

Perhaps even more impressive (at least from an engineer's perspective) is the nearby tunnel road that spirals down through the center of a mountain to deliver drivers to the bottom of the same fjord.

http://www.widerange.org/gallery/norway/

For #WaterfallWednesday  , curated by +Eric Leslie 

2012-06-06 01:56:27 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 60 +1s)

A fiery sunset in the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado on Friday evening. More photos from this camping trip here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/dunes-and-sangres/

2012-05-28 15:15:28 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 64 +1s)

For #MountainMonday (curated by +Michael Russell ), I thought I'd post a photo of where I'll be hiking again today. This was a fantastic sunset near the Bridge of Heaven high above the town of Ouray, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. http://www.widerange.org/gallery/san-juan-mountains/

2012-05-23 17:37:45 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

For #WaterfallWednesday curated by +Eric Leslie , here's a waterfall in the Sawtooths in Idaho. This waterfall flows out of one lake and falls directly into the next! We had lots of fun during the day jumping off the cliff into the lake right next to these falls.

More photos from our 7-day trek through the Sawtooths last summer here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/sawtooths-trek/

2012-05-22 15:43:57 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 56 +1s)

Rain forest along the Milford Track on the South Island of New Zealand.

#TreeTuesday curated by +Christina Lawrie