Benjamin Raymond Schmandt, born 7 Feb 2000

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Death Valley 2007

Jim examines the slime.
Telescope Pk over Panamint Valley
Climbing Pinto Peak
Getting late going down
But easier than going up!
Out on the big flats behind Salt Creek
Evening shadows
Salt Flats, Telescope Peak
Dune jumping in sandstorm
Minor miner again
Climbing Jubilee Peak
Southern DV from Jubilee
Three guys with hats
BYO shade
Old mine road near Skidoo

Utah & Grand Canyon


July 2007

Early start to Angels Landing
Not sure I want to go up there.
Canyon Overlook
50 points for my ringtail!
Brrr... Refrigerator Canyon?
Cross bedded sandstone
Going to the Narrows
See why it's called Top Rock?
Canaan Mountain
Canaan slickrock
Virgin Narrows
Yesterday's rain, today's mud
Swimming with ouzels
King of the narrows!
Willis Creek
A long drop down
Looking fresh in the morning
Sunrise on the Hermit Shale
Supai flower, bigger than Ben
Widforss Point
The Transept. Up early on a hot day.

Washington 2007

Finally on Shi-shi Beach
Low tide to Hidden Beach
Tidepool guys
Climbing Scott's Bluff
Famous overturned strata
Flowing water? Dam it!
Windy Ridge, Mt. St. Helens
That's how it erupted!
It's dormant, right Jim?
Well, not quite!
Wildlife goes for the good stuff.
Don't fall!

Death Valley 2008

Civet in a hole!
Narrows of Lovell Wash
Dad, about the car...
Close the door behind you.
Desert Gold!
The rocks have measels
Crepuscular valley
A long ways down.
The answer is blowing in the wind
Ruin with a view
I am not climbing to the top!
Bowl of Fire.
Aguereberry Point
The Butte.
To King Midas Mine
Amargosa Narrows

Zion 2008

First rap.
On top of Slickrock Land.
Slickrock Land.
North Fork narrows.
Behind the White Cliffs
Red Canyon
The Barracks in Parunuweap
Really dark!
Hard to get off route here.
Mommy do it string!
Cross bedded sandstone.
Parunuweap, lots of quicksand.
Swirly rock slot.
Watch the thunderstorms...
Above the crowds.
Horned lizard, happy Ben.
"Not so scary."
Slickrock explorer.

Washington 2008

Low tide on Second Beach
James Island, sunset at First Beach
Fast food for an eagle
Tucson's multi-story castle
Northern Yucky Seal
Above Hole-in-Wall
Sand Point picnic area
Late day sun
Spindrift
Scott's Bluff
Family on logs
Twisty arch

Alabama Coast 2008

Lichen Head
On the beach.
White sands.
Sunset from Jessie's house
Man-of-wars and other beach trash.
Sobriety test

Death Valley 2009

Zinc Hill, the "other" summit
Really big timbers.
Petros of Lake Manly jellyfish?
Favorite sunset, Jaywhawker Canyon
Hot soak with the BirdandHike Guy
A pack of desert rats
Ben takes the rental for a spin.
Grotto Canyon in the rain
Corkscrew Wash
You take the high road...
John Lemoigne's cabin
Not my fault!
Marble Canyon narrows
Marble Canyon narrows
Wirelettuce may be used as a sun hat
Crawl under the bridge
And through the tunnel
This isn't the bypass

Grand Canyon and


Parunuweap


June 2009

Old cattle trail
Sunrise from our camp
A "horned toad" a day...
Ready to go down there?
Ghosts of the Rock
Shards. I didn't break it!
Esplanade alcove camp
Full pack, full sun.
Navajo sandstone
Parunuweap "trail"
Narrows
They just painted on the color!
Parunuweap straghtaway
Mineral Gulch
More red walls
A bad place to be...
...in a thunderstorm
But a shadow of itself

Zion 2009

Cable Mountain
Morning light at Bryce
Orange rock and bristlecone pines
The subway at home has an escalator!
Dad's favorite light
Mud pie guy.
Roaming in slickrock land
Shower room in the Subway. *
Butt Crack Mountain in background.
View from a wild place.
Lunch break in the mud mines.
Big red ramp to the Subway.*
Subway tunnel, watch for trains.*
Subway pools, tub time!
Kanarra Red
The Bowling Alley
Famous Subway log.
Last stop in the Subway.
Canyon Junction, end of Orderville *
Take a left at the petroglyphs.

LaPush 2009

Second Beach
A stupendous castle.
Tilted strata of Mt. Angeles
Happily approaching end of the hike.
"We never find brittle stars here."
Fording the mighty Ozette
Good beach activity on a cold day!
Airy view of the Hole
Launching into orbit.
Hidden cove.
Rare sunny morning on Rialto Beach
Monkey in the middle!

Southern Arizona


2009 - 2010

Pie Guy on Elephant Head
Spikey head?
Only in the Sonoran Desert Museum!
Santa Ritas, next destination
Madera Canyon
Abandoned ocelot!
We ate pie up there.
Mt. Hopkins behind
Mt. Wrightson sunset
Useful flower stalk
Devil's Cash Box
Above Santa Cruz Valley

Death Valley 2010

Gang of Four on Mt. Perry
Ben's mining cabin, needs a roof job!
Sun sets behind Telescope Peak
Where the palm civets live
Above the red canyon, Argus range
Turn around in Palmer Canyon
Last rays above the valley.
Above Lake Manly
Ore Boy
View from the window seat
Back to the honey mines
No one here but us burros.

SW Utah 2010

East Northgate Peak
Definitely scary
Scenic before the thunderstorm
Dad's favorite light again
Meanest guy on the trail
Don't drip it on Mom!
Sandstone streaks
Admirable Boletus?
On Deertrap Mountain
Who are ewe?
Like Bryce, but no people
Older than Granny!
Best travelled before dinner
Spring Creek, but where's the water?
Dad's favorite rock
Armful of canyon
Dark passage
Quicksand corridor

LaPush 2010

Star fog on Rialto Beach
Don't trip over the seal pup!
Who's down there?
Fresh bear claw for breakfast.
Mount Olympus
Marmota olympus
Gophers through the Hole!
We otter remember this family.
Fording the mighty Ozette again.
Cats' multi-story castle
Still chasing gulls!
Lovely view for an eagle

Southern Arizona


2010 - 2011

Famous spiral petro, again
Evening in the Sonoran desert.
Don't step back!
Thought we left the snow at home?
A bit early for ocotillo.
Snow melts fast here.

Death Valley 2011

I'm a little teapot...
Kaleidoscope Canyon
Bat, bat, come under my hat!
Desert canyon waterfall
The long corridor
Do you have hall passes?
Winch you were here!
Fat, yes. Terrible? No. But sleepy!
Lazarus the zebra tailed
Long dead critters
Rock critter
Rock full of critters!
Big empty!
The White Rock beverage fairy?
Climbers
Climber
Not climbing!
Guys in a slot

SW Utah 2011

On the trail at sunrise.
Yellow Rock with nicer weather.
Arch above Water Canyon
Peek-a-Ben
Canaan Mtn. slickrock land.
Moki marbles
Parunuweap is down there.
River otter.
Up to the White Hoodoos this year.
Behind Crazy Quilt Mesa
Don't tread on me, Mom!
Them's the (Cedar) Breaks!
Hissing junebug
Matching colors
Just another Zion view
On the Missing Mountain
The Box of the Paria River
Looks about eagle sized.
Red Teepees
Balancing act
Velvet ant

LaPush 2011

Glaciers on Mt. Olympus
Late snowmelt means August flowers.
Cute little vermin.
Mt. Baker from Mt. Angeles
Eagle with food court in distance.
Late day light.
Dinner?
Sure, why not? Yum, fungus guy!
The classic viewpoint
A Quillayute Needle?
Colors.
Red Legged Frog? Yes!
Dramatic light
Speaking of arms...
We otter tell yet another otter joke.
Line up for TK's hot dog stand
Eight of those = big octopus!
The elusive nudibranch

Southern Arizona


2011 - 2012

What's on Wasson Peak?
Hunting aquatic life forms
Desert grasslands
Yummy, at least to a deer
Never touch a cactus!
Windmill Suites Motel?
Ah cool feet (clean too!)
On top of the Little Elephant
Just another desert sunset
Crested Cactus Wren
We found Tucson's mother
Fall colors Sonoran style

Death Valley 2012

Ben deciphers the Petro Code
Sleepy baby Chuck.
Borax Benchmark
In Redwall Canyon's curvy guts
Should be a fossil, but isn't.
Source of the Sand Canyon sand.
Door jamb to Room Canyon
Don't steal the petros!
Amazing Redwall light
Old Martin wasn't Crossing.
Blue mountain. Really.
Badwater
Stunning colors.
The Red is just painted on the Wall.
Two guys on the "easy" dryfall bypass.
Two guys in the slot
No guys in the slot
Above the badlands

LaPush 2012

Southern end of Second Beach
Above the Straits
The fabled tree octopus!
Scotts Bluff
Foraging for sea food
Foraging for canned food
Sand Point
Wedding Rock petros
Magical Light Bay
Who's boardwalk is this?
I guess I'll go around.
Another day, another deer!

Southern Arizona


2012 - 2013

Happy New Year!
Male coatis are solitary
Water pool?
Dead Boy Scouts Saddle
The magic coral bean
Spreading the seeds

Death Valley 2013

Fading Martin Crossing sign
Bah Bah Bighorn Sheep
Baaah Bighorn Ben
Going into the red?
Dad peels off the wall
Eye of the knitting needle
Dad can still walk!
Zig-Zag
Deep into the red
Ben declares victory over the dunes
Laid back hikers
Hold on, Spiderman!
Crescent Bridge
Seeking the lost borax haystacks
Inyo Mine, super sized
The gang on Tucki
Vast, but hard to get lost!
Boring pink rocks.

Utah 2013

A fun slickrock scramble.
"Coral Orange" sunset dunes
Friction is your friend
Looking pretty sharp
Can it rattle when wet?
Through the Cockscomb
Art from the Triangle Tribe
Slickrock, slickrock, everywhere
Hackberry Cyn., behind the Cockscomb
Can we handle another arch?
Dark and wet and cold
Above the Center of the Universe

Yellowstone and


Montana 2013

Geysers spewing everywhere.
Imperial rarely stops.
Lone, Star of the park.
Just happened upon Riverside spewing.
Fumaroles growling.
Old favorite Morning Glory.
Miles of meadows.
Why it's called "Big Sky Country"
The Montana I came looking for.
Stone cold firewood.
Northern Yellowstone vista
Yes the flowers were out!
Grizzly Ben sharpens his claws.
Do Proghorns have horns or antlers?
EEEP!
Elk Boy
Glutton of the meadow.
Coloration courtesy of algae.

Washington August 2013

Ben has grown more than the mountain.
What does the fox wear?
The glacier cracks us up
Lupine hillside
Mouse on a stick
EEEP!
And then the fog came...
Giants' Graveyard
Wedding Rocks
Angel Wings
Slithering on the beach
Long haired trees
Back to the Hole
There is always a red one.

Southern Arizona


2013 - 2014

On top of Elephant Head.
A cactus sort of evening.
Javalina
On the east side of town.
Bears don't hibernate here.
Still in the pod.

Death Valley 2014

Follow the red gravel road...
...deep into the red...
...in over our heads!
Heaven for the claustophobic
Unfortunately, not alive
Sucking oxygen on Wildrose
300 M year old lepidodendron bark
Above Nemo Canyon
Favorite flower: Desert Five Spot
Hike's end
Very Stretched pebbles
Timeless view.
A bit of vertical relief?
Artist's Palette defeated us.

Utah & Arizona 2014

Bacon Rocks
Snake say "Keep back!"
Off the old cowboy route
Blobs at Bacon Flat
Love those slickrock bowls
Ominous sky
Bah, just taking it easy
Angels on the Landing
First we had to climb the spine
Fractures
On the edge
Relaxing on the Martian landscape
We did find the red sandstone
Big civet in the hole!
Ben meets the V-boys in Snake Gulch
Red zombies on the wall
Wrong peak, great view
A mighty jumper
Slickrock climber
Sharp edges
And then the rain came...

Colorado 2014

Making a move on Dad's hiking stick
Even nicer without HAPE
That's close enough, marmot!
We found what we were looking for
Breath-taking, literally!
Cold waters before the storm
Arapahoe Pass
Must be another ptarmigan nearby.
Another must-see flower
Who elk is up here?
Cold and windy on the tundra
Pawnee Pass

Montana 2014

Looking for the Ramshorn sheep
They're at the petrified stump
One for us too.
Petrified?
Elk on the other side of the divide
Big meadows at Windy Pass
Very red place
Whose trail is this?
Tortured strata, happy hikers
Bridgers from across the valley
A good flower year
Crazy (Mountains) Meadow

Washington 2014

A Plummer'ing we will go!
Hoary Marmot
Eeep!
Clearly it's Grand Park!
Plenty of goats
Glacial ice
The elusive leopard nudibranch
Thrice the fun
Beach selfie
Fogbow
Velella velella
Too many arms to count

Arizona 2014-15

It is not time to wake up yet.
Weather changing for the better.
Run little piggy!
Saguaro with a view
In the cactus garden in the morning
Shaggy desert mushroom

Death Valley and


Gold Butte 2015

Bennett Peak
No Ben.
Necrophiliac sidewinder
Colville Ridge
Put me down now!
"Epic" scree climb
The "H" guys
Gold Butte gold
Not in a hurry
Newspaper Rock
Fin Face
Falling Man

Utah 2015

Never too much red slickrock.
Ha ha made you jump!
Spooky in the Narrows
Stranger when lit up.
White bowl
Red gash
Parunuweap blue
Parunuweap red
Grand Staircase red cliffs
Grand Staircase white cliffs
On the mesa top
Molly's Nipple out there
Red wall, green trees

Montana 2015

High point of the trip
Ben's bald eagle composition
Flowery ridge
Strata stand as stright as we do.
Marmot with a view
Mt. Blackmore peaks
Yesterday's snow behind us
Windy Ridge open sky
Roller coaster trail
Busy trail but what scenery!
There's a trail here somewhere...
...Just like coming through there.

Washington 2015

Back to the Big Mountain
EEP!
Where there's smoke...
Momma marmot (hoary)
Smokey high meadow
On top of the Olympics
We're not in Fukushima anymore
Independent fearless young siblings
At the end of Second Beach
Cross the Dragon's back
Wedding Rocks
Just another beach day in Washington

Arizona 2015-2016

Melendrez Pass finally
Sun on a cold morning
Sea of grass
McCleary Peak after many years
Let's rock!
Tough climb up here

Death Valley 2016

Ben catches his lunch
Quest for the Blue Mountain
Finally found a route!
Bah bah Ben sheep
Unexpected flower location
Bowl of Fire
Superbloom!
Laid back hiker
Fossils
Does it look like a thimble?
The Gang of Four
Red light district
Phacelia. Don't touch?
Spooky gravel ghost

California 2016

Rediscovering the Sierra
Big Sur
Sure do grew 'em big around here!
Lots to hike around here.
And this was a dry winter.
What's that marmot digging for?
Mono Lake
Is this a "live" oak?
Cathedral Peak
Why are you staring at me?
Where's the other half of the Dome?
Room to roam out here.

Montana 2016

Near Daly Pass
Petrified stump
No bears in Bear Basin
Another day, another peak
We saw elk in the same spot last year
Endless mountains
Contrasting rain shadows
On Eaglehead Peak, but no eagle
Favorite view, Ramshorn Peak
Bighorn Peak, long hike
Yet more mountains in Mountana
Mountain goats this time, not sheep

Washington 2016

Posing with the Big Mountain
Old Snowy, we got to the top.
On top of Old Snowy, plenty of snow.
Comet Falls, seen from afar last year
Hold on tight, Ben.
Far sighted view
August and there's still ice...
...and snow.
Bistort mountainside
Mt Gilbert from a great viewpoint
Having fun on a long beach walk
Always enjoy seeing the needle.

Tucson 2016

Still smiling after a long climb
Distant Santa Ritas
Good night big cacti
High grasslands
Unsettled but scenic
Desert water is always a treat.

Death Valley and


Gold Butte 2017

Gang of Four on real Mt. Perry
Corkscrew Peak
Brown Horned Toad likes brown rock...
... and grey likes grey (same species)
Snowy Sierra
High country
Gold Butte views
Globe Mallow
Rocky summit
Princes Plume
A few mountains
A few flowers

Utah 2017

High Heel Arch
Mt. Hepworth
Buckskin Gulch straightaway
Kolob Arch
East Temple shoulder, plan B
Paria Canyon
East Zion endless slickrock
Slickrock going down
Slickrock going up
Tight squeeze
Fallen block in Paria canyon
Wall of petroglyphs
Up early!
Wirepass, if you can fit

Montana 2017

Bear Basin from the old trail
Ouch! Best experienced below treeline
Below Hyalite Peak
Ross Peak, a bit gnarly
Montana goats
Divide Peak
Looking south over the Bridger Range
A good flower year.
Bridger Range
Elephant Mountain
Gallidaria, a local favorite
Basin below Divide Peak

Colorado 2017

Crowded but classic Chasm Lake
I'm bigger than you!
Mount Ida
Wouldn't be Colorado without pikas
Pawnee Peak without thunderstorms
Elusive monkshood
Essential Colorado
Mt. Audobon just before the storms
Seen only because it clucked.
Arapahoe 35 years after first attempt.
So what if we're in your trail?
Lake Dorothy and Arapahoe Pass

Washington 2017

Back to the Big Mountain
Calm water
Candy Stick!
Little brother Adams
Human scale
Ten minutes before totality
Osprey's view of the beach
On the PCT
Eye of the needle
Tiny Bird's Nest fungus
As I was going to Mt. Ives...
We thrashed up Goat Island Pk.

Maui 2017

Haleakala morning
Nenes skipped the conference too
Found here only
"Ropey" lava
End of a day hiking the crater
Hawaii greens

Tucson 2017

East side Santa Ritas
Ben's coati friend
Snow up on the crest
Always find the crested saguaros!
Long hike to Douglas Spring
Late return

Joshua Tree 2018

Classic ram!
Three cold hikers
Another Pinto.
Palm oasis
Skull Rock
Serious mine works

Death Valley, Gold Butte,


Basin & Range 2018

Greenwater Valley grass
Atlas
The whole gang's here.
Brown Point
Venus and Mercury
Jubilee Pass
Summit family
Birdcage Evening Primrose
Gold Butte color
What's that tree been smoking?
Smiling fossil
Wide open Basin and Range

Montana 2018

Above Cottonwood Lake
Bitteroot
Hyalite
Alpine meadows in the Tobacco Roots
Watch out for the thunderstorm!
Snake love
Wild Tobacco Roots
Gravelly Range
Always sought after
Hollowtop, above the Tobacco Roots
No horses on Horse Mtn.
But goats nearby on Elkhorn

Smoky Sierra 2018

Mt. Conness
Kuna Crest from Mt. Gibbs
Tioga Gentian
Distant False White and friends
Tufa towers, Mono Lake
Northern crest
Dana Plateau and Mt. Dana
Obsidian
Cathedral Peak, clear morning
Approaching False White Pk.
Typical afternoon smoke
Saddlebag Lake and Mt. Conness

Washington 2018

Hidden Beach
Sand Point, On top of the bay
In an octopus's garden
Early morning Rialto Beach
Tiny and delicate
First class light on 2nd beach
Why they call it Paradise
Above McClure rock
Panhandle Gap
Mouse on a Stick
Skyscraper Mtn.
Mt. Tamanos reds, distant Mt. Adams

Arizona 2018

Distant Rincons
Close up Catalinas
Wrightson. Can I still get up there?
Yes!
En route to Douglas Spring
Little Elephant Head, still a good view
Pusch Peak
Pusch Pig
Rock Man!
Cottonwood colors
Getting out a bit late.
Airy perch on Mt. Gibbons

Florida 2019

I am the alligator...
Florida is just flat
I prefer a rattle to that white flash.
Morning mist
Come swim and play with us!
Flat Florida gets quite wet!

Death Valley & Utah 2019

Little Corkscrew Peak
Go ahead, pick me up, make my day.
Above the valley
Borax BM
Keane tramway
Back to the Blue Mountain
Petrified in Nevada
Elusive petros in Snow Canyon
Made it up Pictograph Peak!
Bacon Blobs at Yant Flat
White slickrock on Red Mountain
Above St. George

Montana 2019

Still snowy at Campfire Lake
Twice the excitement
Saddle Peak
Great Grey Owl made my day
Horse Mtn. in the Tobacco Roots
Arrow leaf balsam root
Bridger Range
Ascending the iconic Sphinx
Snowshoe hare
Storm coming over Mt. Wilson
Mt. Blackmore
Hardscrabble Peak

Colorado 2019

West of Pawnee Pass
Mt. Belford
Arctic Gentian, flower of the tundra
Mt. Yale, first 14er
From Paiute Peak
Above Pawnee Pass
Quail Mtn.
Mt. Elbert, 2nd highest after Whitney
Mt. Elbert
Mt. Belford, quiet 14er
Rollins Pass from Skyscraper Res.
Wonder how many of these I don't see.
Near Mt. Shoshoni
Solitude on a 13er (Pk. 13078)

Washington 2019

Mt. Angeles. Been up there.
In search of First Beach tidepools
Big beach north of Sand Point
I'm not too big to beg, Momma!
Clearing Rialto morning
Bloody Tooth fungus, eew.
End of Second Beach
Ranier from Banshee Peak
Columnar Andesite
End of Emerald Ridge
Rainier from Panhandle Gap
Cowlitz Chimneys
Go away, Bear!
Classic Rainier

Arizona 2019

Plenty of agua in the (Caliente) canyon
Surprise visitor on Safford summit!
Good hiking day for all.
End of a long scenic Santa Rita day
Grasslands
View from Pusch Peak
The neighborhood coati
Way out on wild Saddleback Ridge
But Paul and I went way beyond.
Evening water and light
Grassy Santa Rita hills
Remote Enzenberg Well

Death Valley & Nevada


2020

Old road west of Salt Creek
The usual suspects
Chloride Cliff
Prehistoric T stop signage
Big Bell Mine
Colorado River
Ben escaped school for the photo op
Blackrock Well Petros
"Niter" Beds
Sunset near Gass Peak
It's all fossils!
Warm chuckwala

Death Valley 2021

North from Colville Ridge
Tetracoccus Ridge (after a rare plant)
Three up high, trying to be cool
Crinoid reef?
North from Bald Mtn., no trail found
Collared Lizard
Gnarled old timer
Badwater from Colville Ridge
In Snail Fossil Canyon
Thimble Pk from Titanothere Pk.
Titano-sheep
Corkscrew Pk. from Titanothere Pk.

Montana 2021

Above Bear Basin
Bighorn sheep... on Bighorn Peak
Bighorn Peak, such a smokey trip
White Bog Orchid
Ross Peak from across Ross Pass
Bitteroot flowers are hard to find
Wild Hilgard Peaks

Eastern Sierra 2021

Ritter/Banner and the Minarets
Glaciar and lake, Mt. Conness
Clouds Rest, Half Dome in haze
Beyond Dore Cliff
Budd Lake and Echo Ridge
Plateau on Tioga Crest
Tioga Peak and Mt. Dana (both climbed)
Ascending Cathedral Peak
High enough for non-climbers
Conness and North (climbed)
Passing storm behind the Cockscomb
Lembert Dome
Toulomne and Hoffman (both climbed)
Saddlebag Lake from North Peak

Washington 2021

Third Burroughs Mtn
Tatoosh Range
From Mt. Ararat (not Turkey)
Giving each other the eyeball
Distant Adams is also snowy
That's VanTrump Park
Umtatum east in the rain shadow
Above Sheep Lake
On challenging Copper Mtn.
Tatoosh and distant Adams
Owyhi Lakes, climbed Barrier on right
Eep! Pika parking lot attendant

Arizona 2021

Wrightson ridge from the east side
On Castle Dome
Elephant Head and My Head
Ocotillo with a view
Wrightson from Pete Mtn.
I always try to take this photo
Thimble Peak back there.
In the grasslands again
Vultures roost on the saquaros
Mt. Fagan South, cleared on arrival
Always fun to find a crestate cactus
Ventana Canyon

Death Valley and


SW Utah March 2022

Progeny, our first Zion peak
East Zion slickrock land
Alone in East Zion
Can you ever get too much East Zion?
Guess not.
It's Utah, so the mesa is named Smith
Round and round
Found the house, but no one was home
Well hung!
The elusive Yellow Man
Above Keane Spring, DV
Picasso face, Pothole Canyon
Amazing Cottonwood Arch
Walking over a fossil bed
On Striped Butte
Amargosa View
Ubehebe colors
Coffin Peak

Montana July 2022

Elephant Peak
Saddle Peak from Bridger Bowl
Calypso Orchids
Sunlight Pass
Cautious
Elkhorn Ridge, noisy Sandhill Cranes
Red Mountain, summit this time
Snowy Hilgards
Distant Ramshorn Peak
Table Mountain
Iconic Sphinx, watching all
The quick brown fox

Sierra August 2022

Minarets from Ediza Lake
Echo Peaks from Echo Ridge
Cathedral Pk from Tuolumne
Tuolomne Meadows toward Cathedral
On Tenaya Peak
Young Sharpie. Or Coopers?
Clouds Rest, Half Dome, from Tenaya
Three burros near Excelsior
Burro Lake, Lundy Canyon
Matthes Crest from Echo Ridge
Wild country north of Tuolomne Pk.
Mono Lake Tufa
Ritter and Banner, Shadow Lake
Snow Lake from Mono Pass Pk
Mono Pass Peak
Cathedral Pk from Echo Ridge
Ritter from Reversed Peak
Matthes Crest from Tuolomne

Washington September


2022

Calm
Sand Point
South end of Second Beach
That is not a floating log.
Tyler Peak, Olympics
Where Kaya once played in ice caves
Beyond Emerald Ridge
Chutla, worked for this view
Up toward Meany Crest
Reflection Lake
Above Indian Bar
On Mt. Tamanos

Southern Arizona


December 2022

Table Mtn from Bigorn
Up by Thimble Peak
Above Sycamore Canyon
Snowy sotol
East side Santa Ritas
Open window
Rocky perch
Warming up on a cold morn
East side light
Getting out late
Melendrez Pass view
Above Cardiac Gap

Death Valley and Palm


Springs March 2023

Near Jubilee Peak
Long sought Greenwater Pictographs
Habitation site
Kaleidoscope Canyon
"Little" Bridge
Across Panamint Valley
Real Palm Springs
Great to find a desert tortoise
Up in the Panamints
Geoglyph
Visitor in our room
Whee! Very steep canyon
On top of the world
Greywall Canyon bridge

Montana July 2023

North Bridger Peak
So many flowers at Teepee Pass
Rubber Boa
Burned out in the Tobacco Roots
Distant Hilgards, real wilderness
The iconic Sphix
Up in the Bridgers again.
Arctic Gentian
Sunlight Lake from Tabletop
Mt. Blackmore
Sacajawea from above Shaft Trail
Crazy Montana wild flowers

Sierra August 2023

Near the top of Cathedral Peak
What the deer ran from
Above Elizabeth Lake
Cobalt Parker Pass Lake
False White was really white!
Epic Cathedral Peak view
Tioga Crest
Ritter, just like the simulated view
Kuna Crest pretty snowy this year
Eichorn Pinnacle
Sand Tufa on hurricane day
Dore Cliffs
Big country north of Dunderberg
Gaylor Lakes basin

Washington


September 2023

Gopher Snake mimicing rattlesnake
Rattlesnake being itself
Chilling young sea lion
Quite a raft of sea otters
Above the rainbow
Classic Hidden Beach view
The Quilieute Needle
Rainier summit above
Little Tahoma across Emmons Glacier
Familiar places from Mt. Ruth
Pika and its hay stack
Goat Lake and Rocks
Sunrise before the big storm
Goat Rocks from a lovely summit

Arizona


December 2023

Above Linda Vista
Baldy Saddle
North of Sycamore Canyon
Three amigos on Elephant Head
Motero holes
Little Elephant Head from namesake
Elephant Head view
Mt. Wrightson, range high point
Classic Elephant Head
Above Pima Canyon
Mt. Wrightson view
Molino Peak North