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Seward and Harding Icefield Trail
Cassidy over the Harding Icefield I’ve never hiked the Harding Icefield Trail in good weather. Neither Cassidy nor Elliott had hiked it at all. So…
Homer: Sunsets, Eagles, and Flowers
Cassidy, Elliott, and I planned to spend a couple of days backpacking at Hatcher Pass before the climbing team came down for our annual climbing…
Three Days in the Alaska Range: Day 3, Alpine Pond
Our last day to do something outside before heading back to town, and the weather was finally changing. We didn’t quite know what to do…
Three Days in the Alaska Range: Day 2, Canwell Glacier Caves
These caves are running out of time. Every year, I follow the trail of dead ice farther up the valley. Each one I find is…
Three Days in the Alaska Range: Day One, Gulkana Moraine
Day one of three in the Alaska Range. We followed the Gulkana moraine past where I’d been before, found the season’s first saxifrage, and let…
Overnight To The Chimes
Our party at the Windchimes near Mt. Prindle In early June, five of us took off for Nome Creek for an overnight trip to Mt….
Tors Weekend
Descending the Granite Tors Trail in mixed snow conditions In late May, I spent a couple of days at the Chena River State Recreation Area…
Spring Walks And Late Nights
The seasonal wetlands pond at Creamer’s Field | Prints and Wall Art The light is back. The snow is gone in town, and is quickly…
Aurora from the Tors Trail
A late March 2015 winter camping trip up the Granite Tors trail, miserable snowshoeing, a failed hike, and what may have been the best aurora…
Chilly Evening Walk
A winter evening walk on the UAF trails in Fairbanks, Alaska; record cold winter, deep snow, moonlit spruce forest, and a much-needed escape from the…
Late Summer, Part 2b: Glaciers and Ice — Harding Icefield and Exit Glaciers
A late-summer weekend on the Kenai Peninsula, wildflowers on the Harding Icefield Trail, fog rolling across Exit Glacier, and a decade of glacial recession made…
Alaska Range from the Granite Tors
A photograph taken at 6:15 am on my first overnight trip to the Granite Tors, with the Alaska Range visible on the horizon 90 miles…
Dall Ram, Denali National Park
A close encounter with a Dall Ram near Savage River in Denali National Park, photographed during a late summer hike in the Alaska Interior.
Blue Sky, Glacier Caves, and Ice Crystals
Snowshoeing and skiing up Miller Creek to the Canwell Glacier ice caves, with winter light, ice crystals, and a quiet return under blue hour and…
US Creek Road, White Mountains, Alaska
A photograph made in 2012 along US Creek Road in Alaska’s White Mountains, revisited as part of my Photo of the Week series. A short…
Aurora Continues – January 20, 2026
A strong geomagnetic storm carried over into January 20, 2026, producing an intense and rapidly evolving aurora display over the Goldstream Valley near Fairbanks, Alaska….