by HagePhoto
Dragging sleds laden with gear and supplies through a foot fresh snow is rarely easy, especially when you add in an uphill climb. But the old moraine hump would offer a place to dig camp above the very real threat of avalanche run out. It was hot work in the March sun and the warmer […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Mountain, skiing
by HagePhoto
There’s something about high mountain meadows in brilliant reds and yellows that signifies autumn for us. Earlier this fall we packed up and trekked into a less visited corner of the Wind River Range. A stiff hike over a ten-thousand foot pass took us 9-miles back to the head of the Stough Lakes Basin. We […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Family, HageLIfe, Mountain
by HagePhoto
What’s better than backpacking across Wyoming’s Wind River Range? How about packing across it with you and all your gear on horseback. Whether you’re a life-long horse person or equine novice, an extended expedition with your steed is a daunting proposition. The National Outdoor Leadership School, based in Lander, WY, offers field programs that continue […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, Commercial, Mountain, Photography
by HagePhoto
With a very active fire season sweeping through most of the western states, last summer saw us constantly on the move to produce work for our outdoor brand clients. Part of that workload was an extensive photo and video campaign for Oboz Footwear. The Bozeman-based company had contracted us to shoot with three different models […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Climbing, Commercial, Mountain, Photography
by HagePhoto
Bozeman-based footwear brand Oboz (slang for outside in Bozeman) contacted us last year to discuss a series of projects to showcase new additions to their product line-up. The small outdoor brand had partnered with nation-wide retailer REI to feature a few of their boot, shoe and sandal models exclusively. Understandably they wanted fresh new media […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: California, Commercial, Mountain, Photography
by HagePhoto
This past summer, a lot of different factors came together all at once, with the end result having us try something we hadn’t really considered before. It was another hot summer in the Western States and our modus operandi for family backcountry trips was not jiving with the 90-degree days. With one of us carrying […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: HageLIfe, Mountain, Northwest, Standup Paddle
by HagePhoto
At the beginning of last year we got the chance to spend a week with the Crist family at their heli-ski operation in Haines, Alaska. And I mean the whole family; from Reggie’s 80 year-old dad to his two year-old son. The massive log home that serves as their Southeast Alaska base-ops was bursting at the […]
Categories: Alaska • Tags: Commercial, Mountain, skiing, Winter
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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
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