Best of Summer
I spent most of my photography and hiking hours this Summer around Mount Hood. I think I took more photos of Hood this Summer than the previous 10 years combined. I also got a few other Mountain shots in (Adams in particular). Rather than write about every single hike and camping trip for the year I figured I would just create a single post with all my favorites from the Summer Season, which I will define here as June 1-August 31.
Mount Hood
Above: Mount Hood from Larch Mountain on Father’s Day. Possibly my favorite sunrise ever. The sky had some wonderful color to the NOrth towards Adams this morning with some great pinks/reds/oranges, but the real show was after the sun came up and the yellow/orange/pink shifted to the fog gliding across Cascades below me.
Above: Foothills of Mount Hood shrouded in fog catching the sunrise light.
Above: Mount Hood from Trillium Lake, with a rock that looks like a mini Mt. Hood.
Above: Mount Hood rising above the fog.
Above: Mount Hood at Sunrise
Above: While technically Mount Adams in the distance, Hood is just to the right of the frame and much closer. Another shot from sunrise on Father’s Day.
Above: Mount Hood looming above the trail around Bald Mountain.
Above: Glacial stream on the upper slopes of mount hood around 6k feet. This was the end of July past peak wildflower season, but there were still lots of flowers out.
Above: Wildflowers and a small creek onthe slopes of Hood.
Above: Wildflowers lining a stream flowing down the slopes of Mount Hood.
Above: Wildflowers in a small meadow just below the tree line on Mount Hood.
Above: Mount Hood Rising above the clouds. Taken on a flight departing PDX.
Above: Elks Meadows on the Eastern slopes of Mount Hood.
Above: Sunlight hitting fog on the surface of Trillium.
Above: Trillium Lake in early June.
Above: Night sky over Hood. Had ventured out to capture Aurora this night and gave up around 12:30am. A fellow photog informed me the next day it showed up about an hour later.
Above: Late Summer sunrise from Sherrard Point.
Above: Sunset view of Hood at Trillium.
Above: Another view of Hood from Bald Mountain.
Above: Hood viewed from a Tarn just below McNeil Point.
Above: Glacier fed stream on the Northwest slopes of Hood just below McNeil Point.
Above: Close up view of the west side of Hood on the ascent to McNeil Point.
Above: Sun rising over the cascades.
Above: Wonderful sunrise over Hood.
Above: Blue Hour view of Hood at Trillium Lake.
Mount Adams
Above: Mount Adams in the distance. Captured on Father’s Day from Larch Mountain.
Above: Adams wearing a Lenticular cap.
Above: Telephoto shot of Mount Adams.
Above: Mount Adams at Sunrise.
Above: Mount Adams and the Milky Way.
Above: Late Afternoon view of Adams from Takhlakh.
Above: Adams looming over Muddy Meadows.
Above: Mount Adams sunset in mid Summer.
Above: Adams surrounded by Lenticulr clouds at sunset.
Above: Lenticular clouds over Adams.
Above: Sun setting on Adams.
Above: Lenticular Clouds and Adams reflected in Takhlakh Lake.
Above: Adams at sunrise from Takhlakh.
Above: Adams at sunrise from Takhlakh.
Above: Adams shortly after Sunrise. The Columbia River Gorge can be seen below.
Above: Adams and a sunrise painted sky.
Waterfalls and Other Locations
Above: Mount Rainier from Sherrard Point.
Above: Mount St Helens from Sherrard Point.
Above: McNeil Point on Mt Hood with wildflowers.
Above: Ramona Falls
Above: Close up of Ramona Falls.
Above: Latourell Falls is one of my favorite, but I think this is my first time captuing it in Summer.
Above: Upper Butte Creek Falls reflected in Butte Creek.
Above: Lower Butte Creek Falls. Hoping to get back here in Autumn for some color. Actually 78 Feet tall, this is a fairly good size waterfall. The photo is deceiving as the trees around it are massive.
Above: Sunrise from Women’s Forum viewpoint.
Above: An unnamed falls along Tuamlo Creek.
Above: Cold Spring Creek on the East slops of Mt Hood.
Above: Tamanawas Falls.
Above: Tamanawas Falls.