by HagePhoto
If the ever increasing number of people out on our local trails riding fat tire snow bikes instead of nordic skiing is any indication, then it’s safe to say they are here to stay. With massive (4”-5”) wide tires running unbelievably low pressures, these bikes have extended the riding season around Alaska throughout the eight-month […]
Categories: Alaska • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Mountain Bike, Winter
by HagePhoto
There’s really only two reasons anyone should know about the Kenai River: either you live in Alaska or your a fisherman, for which it is a ‘bucket-list’ river. Otherwise the measly 80-mile long river flowing across the Kenai Peninsula into Cook Inlet is easy to overlook in a land with thousands of miles of more […]
by HagePhoto
This winter’s rampage of high points began with Humphreys Peak in Arizona. During a visit to Flagstaff in November, we reveled in the mild ‘late fall’ conditions. Looking up at the snow-free mountain urged us to plan a family day hike to the 12,633-foot summit. It would be our son’s highest point to date at […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Family, Mountain, Southwest
by HagePhoto
The massive vertical wall of Mt Wilson’s east face stands as the crowl jewel of Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s 7,000-foot summit stands as the highest point along The Escarpment; the uplifted range of peaks that makes up Red Rocks. Even if you forego the technical ascents of the ‘Wilson Cliffs’, […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Mountain, Sierra Nevada, Southwest
by HagePhoto
We’ve covered a lot of ground this year, mostly living and working on the road around the Western States. After multiple trips to several states, Mexico, the Caribbean and our home in Alaska, it’s safe to say our little boy (now 18 months) has travel in his blood. We started off the year in Southern […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Southwest, Travel, Winter
by HagePhoto
There are certain locales that a commercial photographer can count on for ‘on demand’ conditions. So Cal for that sun-soaked look. The red rock and blue skies of Utah canyon country. And if you absolutely need it to storm, there’s no better place than coastal Alaska. At least that’s what we thought….. Last fall we […]
Categories: Photography Business • Tags: Alaska, Commercial
by HagePhoto
Backpacking with a full Nikon kit, including two cameras and eight lenses? Can do. Hanging out on top of an 11,000 foot mountain waiting for that sweet light? No problem. Enduring a week of four-percent beer? Well, if we have to. We wrapped up the summer with a commercial shoot for the Utah Office of […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Commercial, Mountain, Travel, Utah
by HagePhoto
Even at the sky-scraping altitude of 14,410-feet, Mount Rainer is not the tallest peak in the western states, but it is massive. We usually get a good look at this glaciated giant every time we fly into SeaTac (which is quite a bit) and a couple years ago got the chance to trek it’s famed […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Mountain, National Parks, Photography
by HagePhoto
Awhile back, our friends at Platypus Hydration sent us out with prototype versions of their new packs for mountain biking. To produce the work, we outlined a week-long tour of Oregon singletrack: Oak Ridge, McKenzie River, Bend. We recruited some friends along the way to help make the pictures and showcase the men’s packs. We […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Mountain Bike, Oregon, Photography, Singletrack
by HagePhoto
Usually we know we’re in trouble when it’s 80-degrees at the trailhead. But that’s considered a cool summer day in the Klamath Mountains of Northern California. Back at our Airstream on Trinity Lake it was nearly 100-degrees already. So we shouldered out packs, one carrying Dusty, and hit the trail. No swimming hole would be […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, California, Mountain, Photography