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NW Cup Round 1 - Port Angeles, WA

The Northwest Cup is a series of five downhill mountain bike races that take place in Washington and Oregon. These are some of my images from round 1 in Port Angeles, WA.

Locöl Barley and Vine, West Seattle

There's a new spot in West Seattle that you have to try. A killer selection of beers on tap, tons of northwest wines, and all kinds of tasty food. What more do you want? Oh, probably a cool place to sit. Well, they have that too.

Check them out at www.locolseattle.com or just drop in. Owners Kyle and Shane will likely be there and will definitely make you feel like one of the locals... Or is that Locöls?

Cannon Beach - Haystack Rock

I decided I needed to get out of the city, so I headed to the coast for some fresh air. I took a handful of photos, but just wanted to post up my favorite from the outing.

PWS: Kayak Rangers

Alaska offers thousands of seasonal jobs each year. Being a Backcountry Sea Kayak Ranger for the Chugach National Forest might be one of the best. Brian describes the role and function of this amazing job in the video below.

A View of Cape Lookout

This is a telephoto panorama of Cape Lookout, taken from a hiking trail near Netarts, OR.



View larger here.

PWS: Goose Bay and Shrode Lake Cabins

After a trip to Pigot Bay, we decided that we wanted to visit more cabins for the Forest Service's Prince William Sound Stories project. The focus for the second trip would be cabins that are used for more specific recreational purposes. Both the Goose Bay and Shrode Lake cabins offer excellent fishing, hiking, and backcountry skiing when the seasons are right. One thing you will not find... Pots and pans! (Watch the video and you'll get the joke)

PDX By Night

I had some fun cruising around Hawthorne the other night. Just wanted to put up a few of my favorites.

PWS: Pigot Bay Cabin

As part of my project with the Chugach National Forest and Alaska Geographic, we decided we wanted to feature some of the public use cabins around Prince William Sound. These cabins offer fantastic access to wilderness areas and, as Chris points out, also serve as a safe shelter for anyone trapped out on the water by extreme weather conditions.

Pigot Bay holds the closest of these cabins to Whittier. After landing on the small beach below the cabin, a few hundred feet of trail lead across a wood bridge to its front door. From there you can keep close watch on your boat and the rest of the bay.

Kennicott Mines

In the early 1900's Kennicott was home to one of the world's largest copper mines. After a few decades of use, the site's resources were depleted and the town of Kennicott was all but abandoned. Over 70 years later much of the original equipment and structures remain basically untouched. This ghost town gives a interesting look into Alaska's past.

Root Glacier

Glaciers absolutely fascinate me. Their size, bright blue colors, and structural characteristics almost seem otherworldly. Running flows of water, deep cravasses, creaks, moans, and calves that sound like cannon blasts are a constant reminder that they are changing under your feet and in front of your eyes.

At the end of the road in Kennicott, there's a trail that heads out into the Wrangell Mountains. At their base is Root. With crampons, we were able to climb our way onto the glacier and wander around.





As we made our way back, we paralleled a small stream of water slurping through cracks, falling and rushing downhill as it made its way toward the canyon below. Before reaching the glacier's edge it forms this ice tunnel...

PWS: Heney Ridge Trail - Cordova, AK

I have to say that Cordova is one of my favorite places that I had the chance to visit in Alaska. Unfortunately, I only had a few days to spend there, but the Heney Ridge Trail was truly the highlight of my trip. Even with all the rain and fog we had, it is one of the prettiest and most interesting hikes I've ever been on.

As part of my Prince William Sound project, I wanted to do a piece about recreation opportunities in fairly remote locations. In the following slideshow, you'll see the unbelievable attention to detail and effort put in by the Chugach trail crews to build a safe and extremely usable trail through an otherwise rugged area that is, as Dave Zastrow puts it, "a little off the beaten path." What you end up with is a incredible hike with a very unique combination of natural beauty and manmade structures.