Mackie Images » bc skiing http://mackieimages.com/photoblog Art. Adventure. Advocacy. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:23:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 backcountry ski photos http://mackieimages.com/photoblog/2009/01/27/backcountry-ski-photos/ http://mackieimages.com/photoblog/2009/01/27/backcountry-ski-photos/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:07:58 +0000 Mackie Images http://mackieimages.com/photoblog/?p=501 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

Below you’ll find a growing selection of backcountry skiing photos, all of which are available as fine art photography prints.

  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • West face of Mt Stuart. Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Van Epps Backcountry Ski Tour, central Washington Cascades.
  • Peaks surrounding Whistler, BC, coated in fresh snow
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Backcountry ski tour, central Washington Cascades
  • Cross country on Alki Beach in Seattle
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Backcountry Ski Tour, Gobbler Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • backcountry ski trip central washington cascades
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Heading out to the Whistler Backcountry
  • Getting jibby with it. Whistler BC.
  • Climbing Mt Rainier requires lots of baby steps. The backcountry ski down Mt Rainier is highly recommended over hiking
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Backcountry ski touring in Engelberg, Switzerland
  • Skinning up the Muir snowfield on yet another Mt Rainier backcountry ski tour
  • Another day at the office, backcountry skiing Mt Rainier
  • First skin track of the season, climbing towards Muir Camp on Mt Rainier
  • A very good day backcountry skiing in the Kettle Range of eastern Washington
  • Cannon Mountain Couloir, eastern Washington backcountry ski tour
  • Cannon Mountain Couloir backcountry ski tour
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Winter bliss in the central Washington Cascades, a common location for long days of backcountry skiing
  • Climbing the slopes of Mt St Helens, with Oregon's Mt Hood a speck in the distance.
  • Backcountry Cross Country Skiing, Polebridge, MT, with views into Glacier National Park
  • Backcountry Cross Country Skiing, Polebridge, MT, with views into Glacier National Park
  • Backcountry Cross Country Skiing, Polebridge, MT, with views into Glacier National Park
  • Backcountry Cross Country Skiing, Polebridge, MT, with views into Glacier National Park
  • Backcountry Cross Country Skiing, Polebridge, MT, with views into Glacier National Park
  • Nearing the summit of Mt Stuart, things get a bit dicey
  • Heading home after a backcountry ski tour and summit of Mt Stuart in the central Washington Cascades.
  • Mt Rainier Pictures and photos of Mt Rainier. From the lowlands surrounding it, to summit of Mt Rainier, these images hopefully capture the essence and beauty of this mountain
  • Mt Rainier Pictures and photos of Mt Rainier. From the lowlands surrounding it, to summit of Mt Rainier, these images hopefully capture the essence and beauty of this mountain
  • Mt Rainier Pictures and photos of Mt Rainier. From the lowlands surrounding it, to summit of Mt Rainier, these images hopefully capture the essence and beauty of this mountain
  • The race is on! Spearhead Traverse backcountry ski race, Whistler
  • Racers leave the starting area, Spearhead Traverse backcountry ski race, Whistler, BC
  • Backcountry skiing at Whistler.
  • Nearing one of the checkpoints during the Spearhead Challenge backcountry ski race at Whistler
  • Nearing one of the checkpoints during the Spearhead Challenge backcountry ski race at Whistler
  • Spearhead Challenge Whistler Backcountry Skiing Race
  • Like ants marching, skiers in the Whistler backcountry ski race make their way towards the turn-around point on Whirlwind Peak
  • Backcountry skiing at Whistler. These skiers are actually part of the Spearhead Challenge, Whistler's backcountry ski race
  • Racer leaving the checkpoint with Whirlwind Peak (the flat shoulder on the right) the turn around point for the Spearhead Challenge Whistler Backcountry ski race
  • Mt Adams appears in the distance during a backcountry skiing tour up Mt St Helens
  • Mt Rainier Pictures and photos of Mt Rainier. From the lowlands surrounding it, to summit of Mt Rainier, these images hopefully capture the essence and beauty of this mountain
  • A perfect end to a day of backcountry skiing on Mt Rainier. Oregon's Mt Hood in the far distance, with Mt Adams to the left
  • A perfect end to a day of backcountry skiing on Mt Rainier. Oregon's Mt Hood in the far distance, with Mt Adams to the left
  • The Nisqually Glacier flows below the Muir Snowfield on Mt Rainier.
  • Nearing the summit of Mt Rainier. It's much easier to ski than it is to hike.
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Whirlwind Peak, part of the Whistler backcountry and turn-around point of the Spearhead Challenge backcountry ski race
  • Fresh snow coats an old-growth forest in the Washington Cascades
  • Watch your step...backcountry ski tour near the summit of Broken Top in the central Oregon Cascades and Three Sisters Wilderness area
  • A ski tour to Broken Top in central Oregon past by this stand of old growth forest.
  • North Cascades backcountry ski tour. The effect is due to a polarization filter
  • Above the clouds on the flanks of Mt Baker during an attempt at skiing from the summit
  • Like ants marching, climbers make their way towards the summit of Mt Rainier. Because we would be skiing from the summit, our departure from Camp Sherman was much later.
  • Walk the line. Backcountry skiing in the Kettle Range, eastern Washington
  • Ascending the slopes of Snow Peak in the Kettle Range during a few days of backcountry skiing
  • Powder turns in St Anton, Austria.
  • Afternoon sunlight shines on some backcountry skiers around the peaks of Engelberg, Switzerland
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • Ian Mackie's photo
  • ski touring in Glacier National Park, Montana
  • Follow the light...ski touring near Glacier National Park, Montana
  • Looking east into Glacier National Park
  • Backcountry ski touring in the North Cascades of Washington State

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Well maybe not, but it’s hard not to feel it in the air these days. Mornings are crisp and cool, snow levels are dropping (well sort of…I think the top of Mt Rainier may have had a dusting recently) and a friend of mine in Whitefish just sent some hiking photos from Glacier National Park and there had to have been at least 3 inches of P…O…W…D…E…R!

Yes I love winter, even here in the Pacific northwest. Because for every inch of rain that falls here in Seattle, a foot of snow falls in the Cascades. And since it rains quite frequently here, it also snows…a lot. I’m not a resort skier, I hate lines and lift ticket prices are just about absurd. (Relatively speaking that is…they’re actually on the cheap end here.) So for myself, and the growing masses, looking for endless face shots, unknown adventures with friends and desolate mountains, the backcountry beckons.

So although winter may in fact not arrive for many months, I just posted (and will be posting more) some backcountry skiing pictures from seasons past to get everyone in the mood.

Pray For Snow!

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