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  • Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation. The walk from Sunrise Visitor Center to Burroughs Mountain gives spectacular glacier views in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Or for a good workout, hike the Burroughs Mountain 10 mile loop trail which ascends a total of 3200 feet from White River Campground up Glacier Basin Trail, and back via Shadow Lake. Global warming and climate change: Mount Rainier’s glaciers shrank 22% by area and 25% by volume between 1913 and 1994 in conjunction with rising temperatures (Nylen 2004). As of 2009, monitored glaciers are continuing to retreat (NPS). Over the last century, most glaciers have been shrinking across western North America (Moore et al. 2009) and the globe (Lemke et al. 2007) in association with increasing temperatures. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation. The walk from Sunrise Visitor Center to Burroughs Mountain gives spectacular glacier views in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Or for a good workout, hike the Burroughs Mountain 10 mile loop trail which ascends a total of 3200 feet from White River Campground up Glacier Basin Trail, and back via Shadow Lake. Global warming and climate change: Mount Rainier’s glaciers shrank 22% by area and 25% by volume between 1913 and 1994 in conjunction with rising temperatures (Nylen 2004). As of 2009, monitored glaciers are continuing to retreat (NPS). Over the last century, most glaciers have been shrinking across western North America (Moore et al. 2009) and the globe (Lemke et al. 2007) in association with increasing temperatures. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Nevado Kuajadajanka rises to 17,800 feet elevation in the Cordillera Raura, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. The source of the Amazon River lies on the east side of the Cordillera Raura (on the other side of the mountains in this photo), as determined by the Royal Geographical Society in 1950: the tiny glacial lake Laguna Niñococha feeds Rio Lauricocha, then Rio Marañon, then the Amazon. To reach the source of the Amazon, trekkers can depart from the regular Huayhuash circuit near Huayhuash village on Day 7, go eastwards to Caquish, wade across Rio Lauricocha, climb to Laguna Niñococha and finish at the mining town of Mina Raura, on the road head to Churin and Lima (8 days total from Chiquian). Or instead, hike a complete Huayhuash loop (11 days) or other worthwhile variations.
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  • Hike to Goat Lake to see Foggy Peak (6772 feet / 2064 meters). Goat Lake (3161 feet elevation) is in Henry M. Jackson Wilderness (Trail #647), east of Barlow Pass, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in the Central Cascades, accessed from the Mountain Loop Highway, Washington, USA. Stitched from 3 images.
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  • Explore Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation.
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  • Explore Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation.
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  • Explore fall foliage colors at Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world.
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  • Hiking in fields of lupine and Indian Paintbrush flowers at Berkeley Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, Latin name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Hike 4 miles round trip (560 feet gain) to Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear as soon as 2020, say climate scientists.(Panorama stitched from 6 overlapping images.)
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  • Hike to Goat Lake to see Foggy Peak (6772 feet / 2064 meters). Goat Lake (3161 feet elevation) is in Henry M. Jackson Wilderness (Trail #647), east of Barlow Pass, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in the Central Cascades, accessed from the Mountain Loop Highway, Washington, USA. Panorama stitched from 9 images.
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  • Explore fall foliage colors at Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world.
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  • Ice covers most of Goat Lake in late July, in Goat Rocks Wilderness Area. Hike this scenic loop to Snowgrass Flat and Goat Ridge (13 miles, with 3180 feet total gain) in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Hiking in Goat Rocks Wilderness Area, with a view of Mount Adams, Washington. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Wallace Falls State Park offers good hiking and camping beneath mossy trees on the rushing Wallace River near the town of Gold Bar, Washington, USA.
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  • Hike through forest beneath pyramidal peaks on the trail to Ptarmigan Lake, in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (A side trail departs at Ptarmigan Falls to visit Iceberg Lake, which can be a separate day hike, or long extension.) Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
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  • Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Hike to Ptarmigan Lake beneath the Ptarmigan Wall, then up to Ptarmigan Tunnel 11.2 miles round trip with 2500 feet gain. (A side trail departs at Ptarmigan Falls to visit Iceberg Lake, which can be a separate day hike, or long extension.) Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
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  • Hike the Garden Wall Trail from Logan Pass through fields of flowers in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
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  • Snow dusts evergreen trees near Hidden Lake, beneath Bearhat Mountain, a hike from Logan Pass, in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
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  • Snow dusts evergreen trees near Hidden Lake, beneath Bearhat Mountain, a hike from Logan Pass, in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
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  • Granite Mountain Lookout (5629 feet elevation) is in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. Hike 8 miles with 3800 feet elevation gain, starting from Exit 47 of Interstate 90 near Seattle, Washington, USA. Panorama stitched from 2 images.
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  • Three women hikers explore fall foliage colors in Paradise Valley in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation.
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  • Three women hikers explore fall foliage colors in Paradise Valley in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation.
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  • Three women hikers explore fall foliage colors in Paradise Valley in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation.
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  • Three women hikers explore fall foliage colors in Paradise Valley in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Skyline Trail is one of the great day hikes of the world. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation.
    0609RAI_002-Paradise.jpg
  • A golden sunrise spotlights Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet), which rises abruptly on the border between Argentina and Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes mountains. A sign saying Bienvenidos Parque Nacional Los Glaciares ("welcome to The Glaciers National Park") greets visitors at the entrance to El Chaltén village, in Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (all with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968.
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  • A golden sunrise spotlights Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet), which rises abruptly on the border between Argentina and Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes mountains, near El Chaltén village, in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (all with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968.
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  • Colored tassels on a friendly llama mark ownership as it grazes on communally managed land at Lake Surasaca, in the Cordillera Raura, Peru, at the end of our Huayhuash trek, in the Andes Mountains, South America.
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  • The peaks of Carnicero (right, 19,550 feet / 5960 meters) and Trapecio (left, 18,550 feet / 5653 meters) reflect in a lake at 15,000 feet elevation, in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Trekkers walk along a lakeside trail. Published on the back cover and inside the book "Climbs and Treks in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru" by Jeremy Frimer 2005, ISBN #0-9733035-5-7, Elaho Publishing, www.elaho.ca
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  • Trekkers cross the outlet stream of Lake Carhuacocha (13,600 feet) in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. On the left, Yerupaja Grande (east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Published in the following: 1) on the cover and inside of "Climbs and Treks in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru" guidebook Copyright 2005 by Jeremy Frimer, ISBN #0-9733035-5-7, Elaho Publishing; 2) Wilderness Travel 2005, 2007, 2013 Catalog of Adventures, and 2009-2011 web client survey; 3) "Fuentes, Conversacion y gramatica," a Spanish textbook by Rusch, Houghton Mifflin Company/Cengage Learning in 2004, 2011, 2013; 4) image for SteriPEN package, a handheld water purifier made by Hydro-Photon, Inc. of Blue Hill, Maine, 2007; 5) "Skills in Global Geography" Cambridge University Press, Australia textbook 2007; 6) Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se; 7) "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Trekkers camp in tents in a green pasture at 13,600 feet elevation in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (left, east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Up to 4 million copies of this image are agreed to be published in print and electronic media by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (formerly Scholastic Inc) from 2009-2034 for the System 44 classroom paperback, "Left to Die." Also published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Clouds part and reveal Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet) in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • A cooking tent glows green at dawn on a trek in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (left, east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2013. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A trekker ascends steep terrain below glaciers flowing from Yerupaja Grande (right, west face, 6635 m or 21,768 ft), the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed (which is on the other side of the mountain). At left is Mount Jirishanca, or the "Icy Beak of the Hummingbird" (6126 m or 20,098 feet elevation) in the Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. We trekked from here on the Pacific side around to the Amazon River watershed side.
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  • Glaciers crack and ice falls in a small avalanche from Mount Jirishanca, or the "Icy Beak of the Hummingbird" (west face, 6126 m or 20,098 feet elevation), third highest in the Cordillera Huayhuash, tenth highest in Peru. Andes Mountains, South America.
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  • Back lit, green vine maple leaves grow along Elliott Creek, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Goat Lake Trail number 647, Washington, USA.
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  • Ladder Creek Falls, a historic garden, and a 1/4 mile nature trail are adjacent to the Gorge Powerhouse in Newhalem, on Highway 20, Washington.
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  • Ladder Creek Falls, a historic garden, and a 1/4 mile nature trail are adjacent to the Gorge Powerhouse in Newhalem, on Highway 20, Washington.
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  • On Highway 20, Colonial Creek Campground gives a good view of Paul Bunyan's Stump (7480 feet / 2280 meters) located in North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA.
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  • Sourdough Mountain (6120 feet / 1865 meters in North Cascades National Park) rises above Ruby Arm, in Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington, USA.
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  • Water streams over wood branches on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • steep North Cascades mountains seen from the Pacific Crest Trail from Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) to Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • A Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) blooms with a yellow flower on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • A Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) blooms with a yellow flower on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • A Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) blooms with a yellow flower on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Silver Star Mountain, seen from Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Spreading phlox / Phlox diffusa flowers bloom on the Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA. Phlox (pronounced "flocks," from the Greek word for "flame") is a genus of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Phlox are found mostly in North America (one species in Siberia) in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie.
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  • Dome Peak (8960 feet elevation), seen from Pacific Crest Trail from Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Western Pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, or Pasque Flower) is a perennial plant in the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae). North Cascades mountain scenery on the Pacific Crest Trail from Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) to Cutthroat Pass in the backcountry of Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Western Pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, or Pasque Flower) is a perennial plant in the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae). North Cascades mountain scenery on the Pacific Crest Trail from Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) to Cutthroat Pass in the backcountry of Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • North Cascades mountain scenery on the Pacific Crest Trail from Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) to Cutthroat Pass in the backcountry of Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • On Mount Rainier (14,411 feet elevation or 4392 meters), a climber at 12,000 feet ascends Emmons Glacier, which terminates 7,000 feet below in the White River which flows northwest into Puget Sound. Watersheds in the upper right flow south into the Columbia River. Little Tahoma (11,138 feet) rises at right.  Permitted climbers can ascend Mount Rainier via the Camp Sherman route starting at White River Campground, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The White Avalanche Lily is a member of the lily family native to coastal British Columbia and the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its flower blooms as snow melts in late spring, in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows, often in extensive patches. In the central Cascades, it often grows mixed with Clintonia uniflora and Trillium ovatum at the lower elevations of its range, and with Anemone occidentalis at higher elevations. Spray Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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  • The White Avalanche Lily is a member of the lily family native to coastal British Columbia and the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its flower blooms as snow melts in late spring, in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows, often in extensive patches. In the central Cascades, it often grows mixed with Clintonia uniflora and Trillium ovatum at the lower elevations of its range, and with Anemone occidentalis at higher elevations. Spray Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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  • Lewis' monkeyflower blooms on the Wonderland Trail to Summerland in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
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  • Lewis' monkeyflower blooms on the Wonderland Trail to Summerland in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
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  • Hikers rest on the Wonderland Trail to Summerland in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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  • Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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  • High winds drive wave clouds over Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet) in the Andes mountains, in Los Glaciares National Park, near El Chaltén village, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. Native Tehuelche (Aonikenk) people called this mountain (and others) Chaltén, meaning "smoking mountain," which is understandable from the frequent orographic clouds. The atmospheric internal waves that form wave clouds are created as stable air flows over a mountain creating an oscillation of uplift and descent. Clouds can form from invisible water vapor turning into white droplets at the cooled crests of internal waves and evaporate (due to adiabatic heating) as the wave descends. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (with a space before the R). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. Spanning both Argentina and Chile, the foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants ("Patagão" or "Patagoni" who were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm taller than the Spaniards) who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world. The Patagonia company based their clothing logo on the shape of Mount Fitz Roy, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968. The town of El Chaltén was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile. The nearest airport is 220 km south at El Calafate.
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  • A golden sunrise spotlights Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet), which rises abruptly on the border between Argentina and Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes mountains. A sign saying "Bienvenidos Parque Nacional Los Glaciares" ("Welcome to The Glaciers National Park") greets visitors at the entrance to El Chaltén village, in Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (all with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968.
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  • A golden sunrise spotlights Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet), which rises abruptly on the border between Argentina and Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes mountains, near El Chaltén village, in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (all with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968.  Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping photos. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Trekkers tents at Lake Jahuacocha (4066 m or 13,340 feet), Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • Colored tassels on a friendly llama mark ownership as it grazes on communally managed land at Lake Surasaca (14,435 feet elevation), Cordillera Raura, Peru, at the end of our Huayhuash trek.
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  • Trek to see Siula Grande (east face, 20,800 feet or 6344 meters elevation) and other spectacular peaks in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Siula Grande was the subject of the gripping 2003 British docudrama "Touching the Void." In 1985, climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates scaled the treacherous Siula Grande, one of the last unconquered mountains in the Andes, but after Joe broke his leg, their descent became one of the most amazing survival stories in mountaineering history. This photo shows the northeast face, but they climbed Siula Grande from a valley on the other side (the west face) and descended along the north ridge, on the upper right. The 2003 movie is based upon Joe Simpson's harrowing book, "Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival."
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  • The peaks of Carnicero (right, 19,550 feet / 5960 meters) and Trapecio (left, 18,550 feet / 5653 meters) reflect in a lake at 15,000 feet elevation, in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Published in Wilderness Travel 2011 Catalog of Adventures.
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  • Trekkers picnic beneath snowy Rondoy Peak (5870 m or 19,260 feet), in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • Glaciers flow from Mount Jirishanca, or the "Icy Beak of the Hummingbird" (west face, 6126 m or 20,098 feet elevation), third highest in the Cordillera Huayhuash, tenth highest in Peru. Andes Mountains, South America.
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  • Ladder Creek Falls, a historic garden, and a 1/4 mile nature trail are adjacent to the Gorge Powerhouse in Newhalem, on Highway 20, Washington.
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  • Ladder Creek Falls, a historic garden, and a 1/4 mile nature trail are adjacent to the Gorge Powerhouse in Newhalem, on Highway 20, Washington.
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  • Gorge Creek Falls, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington, USA.
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  • Diablo Lake, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington, USA.
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  • Sourdough Mountain (6120 feet / 1865 meters in North Cascades National Park) rises above Ruby Arm, in Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington, USA.
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  • Water streams on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Cloud contrails form patterns over the North Cascades mountains seen from Rainy Pass (on Highway 20), Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • North Cascades mountains seen from the Pacific Crest Trail from Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) to Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • A yellow violet (Family Violaceae) flowers yellow with maroon veins, leaves evergreen. Photo from the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Water streams over a log on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Water streams over a log on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Water streams on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • A Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) blooms with a yellow flower on the Pacific Crest Trail between Rainy Pass (Highway 20) and Cutthroat Pass, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Liberty Bell Mountain, seen from Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Liberty Bell Mountain, seen from Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Pacific Crest Trail at Cutthroat Pass, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Cutthroat Pass, Pacific Crest Trail, North Cascades mountain range, Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • North Cascades mountain scenery on the Pacific Crest Trail from Rainy Pass (on Highway 20) to Cutthroat Pass in the backcountry of Okanagon National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • On the flanks of Mount Saint Helens, Spirit Lake was in 1985 still mostly covered with logs, which came from a formerly lush forest which was blasted and avalanched by the May 18, 1980 eruption. Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington, USA.
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  • Lewis' monkeyflower blooms on the Wonderland Trail to Summerland in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
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  • Mount Adams and Tatoosh Range seen from Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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  • Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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  • Morning sun hits Mount Rainier (14,411 feet elevation) near Sunrise Visitor Center in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
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  • See icy Mount Rainier from Glacier Overlook near Sunrise Camp, a walk of 5 miles round trip with 1200 feet gain via First Burroughs Mountain, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. In altitude, Washington varies from sea level up to 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) at the summit of Mount Rainier, which is the highest peak in the Cascade Range. With 26 major glaciers, Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states, with 35 square miles (91 km²) of permanent snowfields and glaciers. This active stratovolcano (composite volcano) is in Pierce County, 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Trekkers line up at Lake Mitococha (13,900 feet) beneath glaciers of Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," north face, 6126 m or 20,098 feet elevation), third highest peak in the Cordillera Huayhuash, tenth highest in Peru. Andes Mountains, South America.
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  • Electrical powerlines advance towards the distant Baring Mountain. Wallace Falls State Park, Washington, USA.
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  • Ladder Creek Falls, a historic garden, and a 1/4 mile nature trail are adjacent to the Gorge Powerhouse in Newhalem, on Highway 20, Washington.
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  • Sourdough Mountain (6120 feet / 1865 meters in North Cascades National Park) rises above Diablo Lake in Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington, USA.
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  • Mossy tree on Colonial Creek, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington, USA.
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