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Joseph Elfelt

If you live in the greater Seattle area and do much hiking then you likely have been here. This is a summertime look at the trail to Snow Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Look close and you will see a person at the switchback for scale.
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Michael Emerman

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The ridge trail above the Anderson Glacier in the Olympic National Park. A family backpacking trip in 2013.

Two hikers on a dirt and rock trail atop a ridge that slopes sharply down on each side. To one side is a basin of ice and blue water shrouded in clouds. A high mountain peak of grey rock forms the walls of the basin.

Brian Davis

A bit of #footpathfriday from the Alpine Lakes High Route this summer.

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A dirt path through a sun drenched meadow. Craggy and snowy peaks in the distance.

Greg Johnston

Since a couple folks here received a gift related to the Washington Coast for Christmas, perhaps this shot from that spectacular area, a headland climb in Olympic National Park, is appropriate for #FootPathFriday #Hiking #AltText

A backpacker wearing gaiters climbs a “sand ladder” up a steep slope with green ferns and gray-barked alder trees on both sides. The sand ladder is a series of rectangular timbers strung together with cables on both ends and draped over
the slope, and attached at the top. It,s about 100 feet top to bottom. The hiker is holding a rope strung along the ladder to assist in the climb.

Eishi Noguchi

#FungusFriday

Bracket fungi covering the entire log 😯

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Bracket fungi are growing on a log lying on the forest floor. The fungi on the upper surface are brown, while those on the lower surface are paler and whitish.

Wandering Hermit

This wild burro was hanging out at the top of the cliff, keeping a close eye on me as I hiked. It was snorting very loudly, presumably to warn all the other burros that there was a human in the wash. I loved how the snorts echoed off the walls of the canyon, very effective warning system.

The history of the wild burros in the western US is pretty interesting. They were pack animals for the early miners; when the mine played out the miner would sometimes just turn them loose in the desert. Burros evolved in northern Africa, to them it felt like home. There are now thousands of them scattered over 5 western states. They're an invasive species, but so cute that the public outcry is huge any time population control is proposed.

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This wild burro was hanging out at the top of the cliff, keeping a close eye on me as I hiked. It was snorting very loudly, presumably to warn all the other burros that there was a human in the wash. I loved how the snorts echoed off the walls of the canyon, very effective warning system.

The history of the wild burros in the western US is pretty interesting. They were pack animals for the early miners; when the mine played out the miner would sometimes just turn them loose in the desert. Burros evolved in northern Africa, to them it felt like home. There are now thousands of them scattered over 5 western states. They're an invasive species, but so cute that the public outcry is huge any time population control is proposed.

#asstodon #camping #hiking

A wild burro (donkey), ears erect, standing at the top of a cliff watching me as I hike up the canyon. The sky is a perfect blue, there are a few hardy bushes and brown grasses, and the cliff is large blocks of reddish-brown rock.

Brian Davis

Revisiting scenes from backpacking 2025. I forget which lake this is in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Does it matter what it's called? Just look at it! 😍

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Revisiting scenes from backpacking 2025. I forget which lake this is in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Does it matter what it's called? Just look at it! 😍

#pnw #hiking

A steep bank of big granite boulders and spire straight fir trees falls into a crystalline blue lake.

Chris Brooking

These step stiles are always fun when they are wet and you have slippery mud on your boots.

#hiking #walking #Northumberland #deathstairs

A stone wall has rough steps going up to the top, made by long stones which protrude on this side. You can't see it from the photo but they also protrude on the far side giving steps up and down. It's a dull grey day and the steps are already wet and muddy.

LeadingLines

Wood troll wishes you a happy #PhotoMonday ! 🌳

#photography #nature #landscape #tree #leaves #troll #face #woods #forest #rain #season #winter #hiking #Germany #FotoMontag

Wide angle image of a large tree with a gnarly, moss covered trunk that resembles a face. The camera is very low to the ground and pointed upwards. A few orange leaves are visible in the upper branches of the tree and on the ground. The sky is gray resulting in cool light, and some raindrops have gathered on the lens.

Michael Richmond

Cold air began trickling in to the complex terrain behind Beartooth Front from the N today for our Silver Run road/trail hike. Up side gulch off W-fork Canyon, start 1850m. Turned back 2300m where it gets real steep. Just few flurries/fog 0C lower portion. Got back into town before ❄️ from next system arrived. Which it has now, and -9C dropping our place. Glad winter finally starting here. Lots Christmas tree cutting down low so O and S got to meet new people 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

W fork of Rock Crk. here 1850m just starting to ice up. but already -9C now and will be cold next few days, so much more soon.

looking down (E) the gulch of Silver Run Crk. from 2150m, cold air/stratus filtering in from the east. In town stronger N winds, here just lite E breeze 👍🏽

little side stream 2200m (left) completely frozen over. turn-back spot (R) 2300m where trail gets really steep. goes all the way up to Silver Run Plateau 3000m + in only 2K from here. only 5-6cm left over from Monday's snowburst.

-2C here 2250m right behind is where trail gets very steep.

Greg Johnston

Clouds and light were terrific on the morning ramble, saw 12 beavers but all out in the lake swimming so no good photos of the furry beasts. I think that’s our highest count, so figuring the colony includes 15-20 beavers, which live in two adjacent lodges. #Hiking #AltText

Looking across a small, shallow by ringed by wetlands vegetation, out to a larger bay under sort of streaking puffy clouds fanning out above, under mostly blue skies. The sky and clouds are reflected in tge small bay’s water.

Fedi.Video

#Hiking & #Outdoors video accounts to follow:

➡️ @hikingdude - Keen hiker and cyclist, especially in the mountains of rural Germany
➡️ @spanish_highs - Hiking and climbing videos, mainly in Spain
➡️ @hollerpixie - Hiking and outdoors videos from the Appalachian region in North America
➡️ @onelin - Hiking, outdoors and nature videos mainly in New Hampshire, USA
➡️ @jaywink - Long-form cycling videos, mainly from urban and rural routes in Finland

#PeerTube

Chris Nelson

Random reminder. Fritos corn chips are a calorie and salt dense emergency food product. They are also extremely flammable, even when wet. Very helpful for providing emergency calories,and starting a survival fire. Put a small package in your backpack.
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