mt. rainier

Mt.-Rainier-Morn-8.19-04-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Aug 16, 2019 at 1:17 PM Mt. Rainier as seen from just above Sunrise a couple days ago.

I went to the Mother in laws house near Tacoma on Friday. Saturday evening I get a text from a friend at home- "I hope you're getting some photos of that Moon." I totally spaced on the opportunity to get some Moonrise shots in Western Washington. I looked out the window and the clouds were just...

I already posted two drone shots from last night, then I got up above my house again this morning to find this. Drone-Sunrise-Lk-Steven-1.31.19-05-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Jan 31, 2019 at 10:12 AM Click through for Gallery image

We thought we were going to get wet for sure on our climb to high camp on the east side of Mt. Rainier, but we made it dry, then the clouds miraculously moved through.

Shot with DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone near White Chuck Mountain (prominent rocky peak at center) in Washington's Central Cascades. Click through to see full size.

I've already posted a few of Little-T taken from near Sunrise a week ago. Here is more of a mountain portrait.

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...

The clouds were swirling around Mt. Rainier on this summer morning, the summit never came out before I left.

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

Mt. Rainier's satellite peak was in and out of the clouds on this July morning.

Taken in the Sunrise area last week. Typical Rainier weather - good all round, but boiling clouds around the mountain.

I shot some of my friends skinning up for another run on the Paradise Glacier on Mt. Rainier on July 5th. The surface of the snow in the summer gets a light dusting from pumice, the turns we make skiing make nice white curves that contrast with it.

I'm the photographer among most of my ski partners. I often wait for them at the top to shoot (or ask them to wait while I ski down and then get set up), which can give a nice little person in a big landscape perspective. This was taken a couple years ago on a wonderful 7,000 ft. descent from...

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

I posted some pictures of pieces of beautiful stained glass I bought to do this mosaic. Just got it done and hung under my back deck where I can see it from my computer right now. Glass is glued to a 20" x 30" window, then coated with resin. The black mat is digital to frame this web version...

A few more from a successful summit climb/ski of the Emmons Glacier in 2013 to celebrate a friend's 65th B-day! Sunrise wake up. Skiing at about 13,000 ft Little Tahoma (3rd highest peak in WA) far below Almost done with skiing, then time to strap skis to packs and hike out another 5...

Late spring - mid-summer is the prime season for back-country skiing on Mt. Rainier. The snowpack has firmed up so there is little avalanche danger on most slopes and crevasses are more apparent and so avoidable (you still have to be damn careful near them). I normally carry my Sony RX100...

I am always a sucker for winding path shots and this one stopped me when I came across it with nice fall colors in the forest understory. This is along the Wonderland Trail in Mt. Rainier National Park.