Quick overnight trip to Leigh Lake
Little Spar Lake – Montana
Fun two nighter in Montana with Jon. Good times.
Mount Stuart!
Lone Lake
Montana Wilderness Adventure Time
Upper Roman Nose Day Hike with the Kids!
Golden Deathcap?
Pear Lake & Upper Blossom Day Hike with the Doods.
Estelle Lake Overnighter
Quartz Mountain Fire Lookout!
Camping!
I wanted to create a camping scene that conveys one of those perfect nights in the mountains with a campfire and good company. I think it turned out pretty good!
Father’s Day Backpacking Trip!
Remember the Stars
Upper Sky Lake 2006
Glamping
Sara and I took a really fun double anniversary trip with two awesome people. Roadtrip to the Idaho wilderness. Glamping…
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Wyakin Woods
Wild Night Sky
Night time-lapse of wilderness camping in Montana at Cliff Lake. Rock Peak is the main mountain in the background. I took a 20 second exposure at a 30 second interval for three hours (11pm-2am) with an 18mm lens at f/3.5 and 2,000 ISO.
Song: Something Elated
Artist: Broke For Free
Album: Something EP
Getting There
Other than the precarious drive up the mountain, Cliff Lake is far too easy to get to. Easy, nearly flat, 1+ mile hike. The Northwest had a very low snow pack this year but there was still a little snow up there when we went. About half of the hike was over snow. The weather was perfect and we caught an amazing sunset. Once it got dark we lit up the campfire and I set up the camera to take the time-lapse above. Although it looks like the sunrise in the video, it’s actually the moonrise.
Gem Lake
Took a quick trip up to Gem Lake with Tyson and my dog. There was a lot more snow than we anticipated. The original plan was to hike/camp at Lake Estelle but snow was blocking the road about 11 miles up Trestle Creek Rd. So we backtracked and took Lighting Creek Rd which was blocked about 18 miles in. Plan B kicked in and we hiked up to Gem Lake since we were right at that trailhead.
The trail was covered with snow for about half of it’s length but the snow was stable so the hiking was pretty easy. Once we reached Gem Lake we got lucky and found just enough level ground without snow to fit our tents. We hoped to see the full moon that night but it was too cloudy. Then next morning we woke up to rain and decided to hike out.
Take a Hike
It’s always fun when I can use some of my climbing & hiking photography in my design work. This is the front page of the Huckleberry’s Natural News & Savings for June, 2014. It’s an 8 page savings guide that we do every month. The photo is from a backpacking trip I took in Montana. I will not disclose the exact location 😉
Water Logged
