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Celebrating nature, from mountains to moss with raw unedited photos. WA based.
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FreshAirHikes 🍂 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · Apr 17
Hello! Welcome to my photography page! Celebrating the beauty of nature with raw unedited photos, mainly in the PNW! Here are shots from Heybrook Ridge, Mt. Rainier, and two from Yellowstone respectively! Appreciate any feedback! #PNW #Photography #WA #Yellowstone #Rainier
Foggy mountain forests overlooking a river, Heybrook Ridge, WA Mount Rainier looming over meadows and a stream. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a massive canyon with a river flowing at its base with a rainbow streaming from the side. Yellowstone creek, glistening water flowing through rocks and yellow foliage.
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Mount Rainier, WA. Good morning, happy friday! Have a flowing stream feeding the local plants and wildlife. #PNW #WA #Photography #NaturePhotography #Rainier
Stream flowing through stones surrounded by red vegetation and pine trees, the sky is cloudy. Stream coming towards the camera, red vegetation and small bits of snow surround the stream, mountains in the background.
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Mount Rainier is actually in the 2nd and 3rd photos here, the glowing white mass behind the clouds! She was completely coated in snow and clouds, even when the sky isn't clear she has a wonderful aura.
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Mount Rainier, WA. A place worth visiting multiple times a year, the reds of changing leaves and thin layers of snow during early Fall are beautiful to behold. #PNW #WA #Rainier #MountRainier #River #Fall #Valley #Photography #NaturePhotography
Hill covered in red plants and green pines, with a forest being lit by an opening in the clouds in the distance, snowy mountains in the background. Sky is mostly cloudy. Wooden bridge over a small creek, snow and red plants litter the ground, snowy mountains in the distance. Oncoming creek surrounded by snow-peppered red plants and small pines, mountains and larger pines in the distance. Rainier is a glowing white mountain behind the clouds. Shot facing the bridge over the creek, surrounded by reds and oranges of plants changing colors in Fall. Snowy mountains and dense pine forests in the distance.
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Mount Rainier, WA. A place worth visiting multiple times a year, the reds of changing leaves and thin layers of snow during early Fall are beautiful to behold. #PNW #WA #Rainier #MountRainier #River #Fall #Valley #Photography #NaturePhotography
Hill covered in red plants and green pines, with a forest being lit by an opening in the clouds in the distance, snowy mountains in the background. Sky is mostly cloudy. Wooden bridge over a small creek, snow and red plants litter the ground, snowy mountains in the distance. Oncoming creek surrounded by snow-peppered red plants and small pines, mountains and larger pines in the distance. Rainier is a glowing white mountain behind the clouds. Shot facing the bridge over the creek, surrounded by reds and oranges of plants changing colors in Fall. Snowy mountains and dense pine forests in the distance.
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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tree covered in snow on a november night
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Going through photos from our last fall Rainier trip, stay tuned! Also post these photos on instagram.com/freshairhikes #PNW #WA #Rainier #Fall
Hillside at Rainier, red dry plants paint most of the foreground, with green pines and snowy mountains in the distance.
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Going through photos from our last fall Rainier trip, stay tuned!
Hill side at mount rainier, red plants paint most of the hill, with green pines and snowy mountains in the distance.
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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North Cascades, Cutthroat Pass, WA. Oct 19, 2025. Even in all the fog and dense snow, we spotted larches. They're even more striking when the brilliant golds stand out against a thick blanket of white ice. #PNW #WA #Larches #Snow #Fall
A golden, wilting larch amidst several snow covered pine trees. A much smaller, younger larch is next to it on the right. Golden yellow larch needles visible even in the distance in heavy snow and fog, in the right-center of the photo, surrounded by snow caked pine trees. Larch from below, the tree is nearly barren except at the top with golden pine needles sticking out in all directions. Snow flakes cover the entire shot. Twin larches standing above the other snow covered pines.
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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North Cascades, Cutthroat Pass, WA. Oct 19, 2025. Even in all the fog and dense snow, we spotted larches. They're even more striking when the brilliant golds stand out against a thick blanket of white ice. #PNW #WA #Larches #Snow #Fall
A golden, wilting larch amidst several snow covered pine trees. A much smaller, younger larch is next to it on the right. Golden yellow larch needles visible even in the distance in heavy snow and fog, in the right-center of the photo, surrounded by snow caked pine trees. Larch from below, the tree is nearly barren except at the top with golden pine needles sticking out in all directions. Snow flakes cover the entire shot. Twin larches standing above the other snow covered pines.
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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North Cascades, Cutthroat Lake, WA. Oct 19, 2025. Came to see larches, got a snowy misty forest instead. The lake was an ice bath, but it had its own haunting sort of charm. #PNW #WA #NorthCascades #Snow #Fog #Lake
Ice covered red berries with an out-of-focus forest and snowy road in background. Clumps of snow and crystals gathered on pine tree branches Cutthroat Lake, covered in frost and slush. A foggy forest can be seen on the other side of the lake. Snow-covered pine trees with deep snow covering the ground, a great forest covered mountain occluded by fog in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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North Cascades, Cutthroat Pass, Oct 19 2025. It was a lot snowier and foggier than we expected, but the early dose of winter was beautiful. #PNW #WA #Northcascades #Snow #Fog #Forest
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Here's another shot I took last week on my final Milky Way trip of the season. I still have tons of MW stuff to edit and/or re-edit from my 14 trips to the desert this year but I'm already looking forward to next season! #photography
Milky Way over Trona Pinnacles
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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It was..a little unnerving getting photos on this grate bridge full of large gaps. #NorthCascades
My foot stepping on the grated bridge with the cascading water, rocks and trees way down below, probably a 100ft drop at least.
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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North Cascades, WA. Oct 19 2025 #PNW #WA #Waterfall #Fall #Forest
Two waterfalls slide down a slick grey rocky surface with large patches of moss and grass, yellow grass in the foreground. Pine trees and fog can be seen in the top. Gorge Creek Falls Bridge with a fog shrouded forest looming in the distance, the silhouette of a mountain can be seen through the thickest portion of fog at the top. Gorge Creek Falls, feeding into a clear blue lake below. Cliffs covered in pines and yellow trees flank the river on both sides. Gorge Creek Falls, the waterfall is streaming through rocks and cliffs from a highpoint in the fog and mist. Mossy cliffs covered in pine trees surround the falls.
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Nooksack Falls is a stunning twin cascade near Mount Baker, pouring through a mossy canyon surrounded by deep evergreen forest.

Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA
#NooksackFalls #Photography #LandscapePhotography #pnw
The twin torrents of Nooksack Falls plunge dramatically through a rugged basalt gorge into a turquoise pool below. Layers of wet rock glisten beside moss-covered ledges, and the surrounding evergreens rise dense and vibrant, framing the scene in deep forest green. The split flow of the waterfall creates a powerful sense of depth and energy, while soft mist catches the light, adding atmosphere and movement to this classic Pacific Northwest waterfall view.
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Good morning, here is a wide shot of the foggy valley at Big Four Ice Caves. #PNW #WA #Fog
Plumes of fog settle at the bottom of the valley but also shroud the mountain to the right, green plants in the foreground, a forest in the distance on the left.
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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todays redwoods appreciation
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Mountain mist
#Fall
#Nature
#Photography
October 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Big Four Ice Caves: Here is the best shot I could get that day of an actual ice cave. Even standing this far away is dangerous, and I could feel a biting frigid air billowing out of the cave. There's a reason they carved a stark warning in stone at the entrance to the area: Don't be dumb! #PNW #WA
Formed cave in the ice. The cave is enormous-about 9 feet tall, it's hard to capture the size of it. Text carved on stone: "People have died beyond here. The environment is forever changing, your awareness and decisions can be the difference between life and death. This area not patrolled on a regular basis."
October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Ice Caves bonus: Budding blueberries and a slug friend #PNW #WA #Blueberries #Slug
Blueberries growing on crisp green leaves Black-brown glistening slug covered in some small dried leaves. He's trying his best.
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I will also be posting these on instagram at: www.instagram.com/freshairhikes/

Please give me a follow there if you want to support my work or just love seeing the PNW!
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Big Four Ice Caves, Granite Falls, WA. Came here on a very foggy day that shrouded the mountains and caves, but there was a gloomy air that I had to capture. #PNW #WA #IceCaves #Photography #Naturephotography #Fall #Fog #Spooky
Blooming flowers and green grass in the foreground with a shrub on the right, the fog is so thick you can only see about 30 feet out. Blooming pink flowers in foreground with the shrouded silhouette of a mountain in the distance, thick fog in the air. Another picture of flowers where the fog seemingly cuts off the landscape just past them. A large stone surrounded by small moss covered rocks, fog covers the landscape. Silhouettes of pine trees can be seen on the left.
October 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Caterpillar comparison: Monarch on the left, Swallowtail on the right.
#caterpillars #butterflies
Yellow, white and black stripes with black tentacles on both ends. On a green milkweed leaf. Black and green stripes with orange dots. On a green celery plant.
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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#Thunderstorm approaching: Goblin Valley State Park

#landscapephotography #hoodoos #goblinvalley #weather #stormclouds #hiking #utah #erosion #rockformations #badlands #sandstone #statepark
A lineup of whimsically shaped hoodoos rises above the red sandstone badlands, while the sky above appears threatened by an incoming mass of grey clouds.
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Pygmy Nuthatches are the cutest!

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
A small gray-and-buff bird perches on a branch, looking downward against a soft green background. Photographed in the San Gabriel Mountains, California.
October 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM