by HagePhoto
We love packing what we need and heading into the backcountry for a few days. We also love experiencing wild fish on a pristine stretch of water. One of our memorable personal trips last summer was combing these two passions on a jaunt along the Salmon River in the Mt Hood National Forest. Beginning on […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Family Adventure, Fly Fishing, Oregon
by HagePhoto
Earlier this summer we made the trek out to Jawbone Flats, a mid-twentieth century ‘ghost town’ in Oregon’s Willamette National Forest on an editorial assignment for Backpacker Magazine. Nestled in some of the state’s most magnificent old growth forest, it’s the site of a fierce political battle between Oregon’s logging industry and local conservationists. […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Backpacking, History, Pacific Northwest, Photography
by HagePhoto
This past summer we were invited to be a part of Eddie Bauer’s Why I Hike campaign. The six-month project brought together a team of photographers, athletes and influencers to develop personal stories on what drives them to hit the trail. Over the past couple years the main purpose of our backpacking trips has been […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Family, Mountain, PNW
by HagePhoto
Earlier this summer we had the good fortune to produce some hiking and backpacking work in Utah’s canyon country. From the outskirts of Zion, to the soaring cliffs of Cedar Breaks and into the canyons of Bryce and Grand Staircase, we covered a lot of ground. We were thrilled that it looked like a couple […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, Backpacking, Camping, National Parks, Utah
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
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
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