Category Archives: Mountains

Pictures from Alaska’s mountain ranges

Fish Creek, Tongass National Forest, Hyder Alaska

Fish creek is located in near Hyder, Alaska, the only mainland accessible town along Alaska’s southern portion of the panhandle. It is a tiny place and accessed from the Cassiar Highway in British Columbia, Canada. Fish creek is a popular destination for bears who come in search of the salmon that lay in its clear…

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Painted hills – Polychrome

The region of Polychrome Pass in Denali National Park is known for its steeply bordered road and for the many colors that appear in the Alaska Range mountains. The morning light leaked through a few clouds that were brewing around the Polychrome mountains on this August morning, and a mix of warm and cool colors…

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Rainbow over Katmai Coast

During a rare moment of sunshine, at 5:59 AM along Alaska’s Katmai Coast, a rainbow arced over the Aleutian mountains as the narrow band of clear sky let the sun peak through for a short while. The clouds obscured the sun soon following, and dominated the sky during my stay along the coast. There was…

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Coastal landscape, Katmai National Park

The coastal landscapes along Katmai National Park look out towards the Shelikof Strait, a tumultuous body of water that passes between the Island of Kodiak and the mainland Alaska Peninsula. While camped along this beach, above the storm berm, the rare sight of blue sky during my trip inspired me to run to the shore…

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