In early August, I backpacked into one of my favorite Oregon Cascades locations: Upper Canyon Creek Meadows, at the foot of the imposing eastern face of Three Fingered Jack. I was aiming to visit at its peak wildflower bloom…and did! As an added bonus, I was able to get some photos of the local mountain […]
Two Cascades Range Overnights
During the last week in June I visited two of my favorite easy-to-access locations in Oregon’s Cascades mountain range: Coffin Mountain — This fire lookout peak in the Old Cascades range, right across from Mt. Jefferson, often has amazing Bear Grass wildflower displays. This year’s was as good as it gets! Coffin Mountain Gallery Sparks […]
Broken Top and New 11-24mm Lens
Every year I try to get up to the unnamed lake at the eastern foot of Broken Top to shoot its wildflowers. Peak bloom is usually in late August or early September, but this summer I have found most locations to be at least a month early. So I guessed on early August and hit […]
Day Hike around Broken Top
I just published a set of images and panoramas that were taken on a Labor Day Weekend day hike around Broken Top. We hiked from the Broken Top trailhead off of FS Road 370 to the unnamed lake on Broken Top’s northeast side. We then came back around and continued up into the crater on […]
Golden Lake in the Three Sisters Wilderness
About a week ago (August 17-19), four of us hiked into my favorite lake in the Oregon Cascades, Golden Lake. This year’s Cascades snow melt is extremely late and therefore I estimate that the wildflowers are also almost 3 weeks late. In addition, the flower displays seem quite anemic. Nonetheless, we had a great time […]