cascades

I climbed through this pass on my way to Vesper Pk. a couple weeks ago. The clouds added just the right accent to Vega Tower in the background.

I've been sworn to secrecy to not post pictures of this hidden gem, kidy corner from the heavily traveled Muir Snowfield, but that's on skier sites. My partners and I selfishly want to keep it as quiet and smooth back there as we can, plus it's a real glacier, which could lead to trouble for...

Looking toward the north face of Mt. Rainier from Sunrise.

After a winter/spring recovering from a broken leg I finally got out for a good full day hike/climb yesterday up one of my favorite local mountains, Vesper Pk. I normally ski it at least once a year, but this time too much snow had melted on the lower mountain to make bringing the skis worth...

Vesper-Canyon-Pks._Panorama2-Recovered by Jim Dockery posted Mar 4, 2018 at 8:49 AM First light hits my home mountains in the Central Cascades. L-R: Vesper, Big Four, Bedal, Pilchuck, Canyon Peaks.

This was taken a few years ago when I was back-country skiing around Chinook Pass.

This was taken from the summit of Mt. Dickerman in the central Cascades a few years ago. Peaks L-R: Del Campo, Morning Star, Sperry, Vesper

Central Cascades, Mt. Stuart behind on right

Mt. Adams Dawn

A beautiful little peak with a funny name. Hidden away in a back corner of the central Cascades it presents a tough challenge because no trail gets very close. I tried climbing it on a beautiful fall day a few years ago, but got turned back by slippery snowy conditions. The peak in the...

There have been such great and creative images made on the shores of Sparks Lake, including Marc Adamus and others. I never have been there when the light has been over the top, seems I should camp there for a week and hope I get the light. I'm just happy that the place has a blanket of deep...

This was a great early season day of front-country skiing at Stevens Pass ski area before they opened. Cowboy-Mt.-skiing-bw by Jim Dockery posted Feb 7, 2018 at 9:20 AM

These were taken on a 3 day ski tour in the North Cascades National Park, The Forbidden Traverse. In the spring it starts and ends with a few hours of carrying skis through some slide alder which can be challenging. The views are some of the best in the park. Forbidden-N-face-pano by Jim...

The view 3 blocks from my house (sure wish I lived there!). Whitehorse-bw by Jim Dockery posted Feb 7, 2018 at 9:22 AM

Many people consider this profile of Eldorado Pk. in the North Cascades to be the most graceful in the park. Eldorado-sunset-2 by Jim Dockery posted Mar 17, 2018 at 5:55 AM

I went back up to the Skagit Valley for the second day in a row hoping to catch a nice sunset on the mountains. It wasn't spectacular, but quite nice. I especially like viewing this side of the mountain which is one of my favorite ski runs in the state which I do at least once a year...

My partner Eric cooperates the best he can to help me get good ski shots. Ski fun, and getting down safely, is always the priority, but when we can get a shot like this where he hit the sun spot perfectly, it makes me very happy when I'm back home. Eric-skis-slot-bw by Jim Dockery posted Feb...

A few years ago I did a solo on my birthday eve to spend the night on top of this cool little mountain in the Monte Cristo area of the central Cascades. Clouds weren't anything special at sunrise, but the morning light on these mountains (I've climbed most of em, many multiple times) was...