A selection of photos from my summertime adventures in Alaska. Summer near the Arctic Circle is ever-so-fleeting, so I spend as much of it as possible hiking, climbing, camping, and paddling around the majestic mountains, rivers, and glaciers of Alaska. I prefer the spontaneous nature of photographing in the backcountry, where the sense of awe and adventure I experience helps guide my focus.
The mountains of the eastern Alaska Range reflect in Donnelly Lake on a fall morning.
An unnamed icefall between Mount Moffit and McGinnis Peak glows under the twilight after sunset.
Denali's Pioneer Ridge and north peak glow at sunset, viewed from the Muddy River near the foothills of the mountain.
Sunset view of the Hayes Range from a ridge in the Delta Mountains.
Storm clouds advance on the peak of Sukakpak Mountain in the Brooks Range.
Bull moose in the fall. Fort Greely, Alaska.
A colorful area surrounding an alpine lake near a little-known trail on the Kenai Peninsula. My brother is somewhere in this photo…
Aerial view of Mount Deborah’s northeast face at sunset.
Backpacking along the western fork of the Atigun River in the Brooks Range under the midnight sun.
Backpackers traversing the eastern Alaska Range talk with pack hunters next to a bus-turned-hunting-shelter along Healy Creek.
A heart-shaped pool on the surface of Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
Sunset illuminates virga over the Delta River, west of Delta Junction.
A herd of caribou with newborn calves cross Stony Creek in Denali National Park.
A backpacker observes sunset from the mountains near Black Rapids in the Alaska Range.
Thayer Hut sits in an alpine meadow above Castner Glacier in the Alaska Range.
Unnamed “Peak 10515” in the Alaska Range, near Mount Hayes.
Mt. Griggs rises above the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Katmai National Park.
View of Denali during a packraft adventure on the McKinley River in Denali National Park.
Hikers ascend the slope beneath MacKeith Hut near sunset after a long hike up Canwell Glacier.
An impressive view of Black Rapids Glacier from a cliff high in the Alaska Range.
Early morning light hits a crevasse field on Exit Glacier.