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Arches National Park, Utah
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Author Archives: Andy Porter
Horseshoe Basin, North Cascades National Park
Horseshoe Basin is one of those magical places that once you visit you will never, ever forget. Nestled on the east side of Cascade Pass it is less visited than Sahale Arm but certainly no less beautiful.
Last summer I visited the basin twice, first while headed east to Stehekin, to get some pastry, and again on the way back…
Approaching from the east one crosses Basin Creek on a small wooden bridge that is probably flown in when the snow melts…a cairn marks the crossing.
Looking up the valley one gets a hint of whats to come.
The too-numerous-to-count waterfalls stream down from the glaciers, glistening in the sun. The bowl of the basin forms a 180 degree mouth punctuated with sharp granite teeth. Blue, green, red and white, the colors are astounding.
The western turn of the bowl is punctuated by Sahale Mountain and Boston Peak, standing guard.
These images are from August, probably the best month to go. You can find all you need to make a visit here, at the North Cascades National Park page…
Happy Trails!
Mount Shuksan
Mount Shuksan from Picture Lake
Mount Baker
Panorama of approach along Ptarmigan Ridge Trail
Mount Baker
Mount Baker in September from the Ptarmigan Ridge Trail
Mount Olympus and Blue Glacier
Mount Olympus, Olympic National Park
Mount Baker, Washington
From Artist Point
Mount Baker in the Morning Light, taken from the South on the Park Butte Trail
From Baker Lake Road
From the Heliotrope Ridge Trail
Cirque of the Towers from Jackass Pass, Wind River Range
Cirque of the Towers, Wind River Range, Wyoming
Amphitheater Mountain from Upper Cathedral Lake
Amphitheater Mountain from Upper Cathedral Lake, Pasayten Wilderness, on the Pacific Northwest Trail
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park
Arches National Park is one of the most stunning landscapes I have ever seen. Its even better in the evening light…
Trail to Delicate Arch
In the afternoon mobs of people make the trip across the sandstone trail to witness one of the parks most magical sights: Sunset at Delicate Arch.
Delicate Arch at Sunset
The blue skies, the white clouds, the green trees, all offsetting the magnificent red slick rock…
Along the Delicate Arch Trail…
Really an unbelievable sight.
On the way back…
North Western Images - photos by Andy Porter 