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 with Cassidy, Chenoa, and their...
Posted by | June 16, 2026
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 disappearing in the mountains. I've...
Posted by | April 9, 2026
A late-season hike on the Savage Alpine Trail in Denali National Park, more snow than usual, great company, and a snow surface covered in wind-sculpted sastrugi and ripples worth stopping...
Posted by | April 7, 2026
In the same morning after humanity sent astronauts around the Moon, a president threatened to erase a civilization. We have to choose which path we're on.
Posted by | March 29, 2026
A torn muscle in Bend, an 8-mile hike at Smith Rock anyway, missed aurora, and a March that didn't go as planned — field notes from a long month in...
Posted by | March 23, 2026
A black and white photograph made in a narrow schist canyon near the Worthington Glacier at Thompson Pass — no tripod, no ND filter, barely a place to stand. A...
Posted by | March 2, 2026
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 I've ever seen. A reflection...
Posted by | March 1, 2026
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 news.
Posted by | February 27, 2026
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 visible in a single photograph.
Posted by | February 25, 2026
Nutzotin milkvetch (Astragalus nutzotinensis) is a mat-forming perennial of gravelly ridges, braided stream bars, and glacier margins in eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada. Named for the Nutzotin Mountains and the...
