SierraDescents | Category | Photography
October 13, 2024
Flagstaff Aurora
A rare "severe" solar storm on October 10 made for visible aurora borealis much farther south than usual. I was in Flagstaff, Arizona, and raced outside to catch this image just (more)
December 2, 2021
Fog & Magic
Thick coastal fog in December takes an already-dark time of year and makes it a whole lot darker. Last November I started hiking the Leacock Trail at sunset, and I discovered the (more)
November 30, 2021
The Sierra Wave
I've been going through my file archives and finding a lot of photos that never quite made it online but surely deserved to. Here's the Sierra wave over Owens Valley—the (more)
November 9, 2021
Avalanche Gulch Ethereal
I'd been climbing since midnight. A group of guided climbers were heading up Mount Shasta's Avalanche Gulch, same as me, and we'd been leapfrogging each other all night. Just (more)
November 6, 2021
Mount Whitney Crest
Thor Peak's summit offers this expansive view of the Mount Whitney Crest. On display are Trail Crest and Mount Muir's east buttress (left), followed by Keeler and Day Needles and (more)
March 30, 2020
Mount Keith
Mount Keith is a mountain I'd like to climb and ski. At least, hypothetically. This is a big one, just barely short of 14,000', right next door to Shepherd Pass and Mounts (more)
October 20, 2011
West Baldy Timelapse
Wow, was this a trip down the rabbit hole! That Landscapes video inspired me to create my own timelapse. Naturally, I thought shooting from the top of West Baldy at sunset would (more)
June 15, 2006
Shasta Windstorm
The weather looked promising...and then came the wind. Huge contrails of snow curled overhead like giant fingers reaching out over Avalanche Gulch. The sound of it was like a (more)
June 11, 2005
Highway 395
Wait for the traffic to clear, jump into the middle of the road, take a quick picture. No, it's probably not wise to encourage these things, but wide-angle lenses do create their (more)
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