Grand Park and the North Cascades from Ptarmigan Ridge Limited Edition Framed Print

Grand Park and the North Cascades from Ptarmigan Ridge Limited Edition Framed PrintA late summer morning found me around 11,000 high on a route called Ptarmigan Ridge on the NW side of Mount Rainier. The low sun of the morning played with the lazy summer haze in each of the countless valleys, and gave depth and dimension to the amazing topography stretching all the way to the rugged peaks of North Cascades National Park. Each limited edition print includes a one inch white border with a hand signed signature and edition number along

I've fallen in love

While crossing the White Chuck Glacier on descent from Glacier Peak

and hand-stained ebony walnut hardwood frame

The top of Mount Baker provides perhaps the most iconically Cascadian view as one looks east to the spectacular Mount Shuksan

I'm still mind-climbing this face of Breidflogtind and entertaining plans to come back with a partner

An extended sub-freezing weather system in late December created a spectacular wall of rime and icicles as the mist from the falls froze on contact to the surrounding cliffs

While this particular evening was paid for with blistering winds and hailstorms

Each limited edition print includes a one-inch white border with a hand-signed signature and edition number along the bottom edge

fern-like leaves which

The iconic west face of Guye Peak is the sentinel of Snoqualmie Pass as it rises up vertically from the high point of I-90

add a wind pattern that shifts across all points of the compass

A solid storm had refreshed the snowpack overnight but dawn broke clear