"the East Face Alight" - Remnants of a once-higher Mount Rainier, the spectacularly eroded and multi-layered lava flows of Little Tahoma, Steamboat Prow, and Curtis Ridge cleave the east face glaciers. view from 2nd Burroughs Mountain; Mount Rainier National Park

"Evening Quiet on the Upper Carbon" - The rampaging Carbon River experiences a brief moment of relative stillness toward the end of summer. Wonderland Trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"the North Face Veiled" - Perpetually avalanching snow and ice from the Liberty Cap Glacier (precariously perched atop the mile-wide "Willis Wall"), gives birth to the bulging Carbon Glacier below. Mount Rainier National Park

"Exaltation" - Native cow-parsnips raise rapturous blooms in rainbow praise at the base of Narada Falls. Wonderland Trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Flowers 'n' Fellfields" - Surrounded by permanent snow and ice, the sparkling sky-pilot blooms among rough pumice of the alpine fellfields. Muir Snowfield; Mount Rainier National Park

"South Face, Summer Sun" - The path to Panorama Point (along the ancient moraine of a once-deeper Nisqually Glacier), is "paved" with wildflowers at the height of summer. Pebble Creek Trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Stevens Canyon Spring" - Splashing streams make their way over moss-coated boulders during the brief, but energetic springtime snowmelt. Wonderland Trail along Stevens Ridge; Mount Rainier National Park

"Icy Ampitheater" - A view into the chaotic maw of the Carbon Glacier cirque on The Mountain's oft-times malevolent north face. Mount Rainier National Park

"Left Brain, Right Brain" - Twin fireweed blooms seem to echo my own disconnect. Wonderland Trail along slopes above Devil's Dream Creek; Mount Rainier National Park

"Wonderland Hues" - Steep slopes of Emerald Ridge awash in crimson paintbrush, falling toward the rubble-buried tongue of the lower Tahoma Glacier. Wonderland Trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Aquamarine on the Inter Fork" - A retreating Emmons Glacier (largest in the lower 48) leaves behind a string of colorful tarns, and sets the wild White River on its course toward Puget Sound. view from 1st Burroughs Mountain trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Dancing Beargrass" - Wild celebration of summer atop the Cowlitz Divide. Wonderland Trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Ice for a Crown" - A thick marine fog layer slowly burns away in the summer sun, bringing the icy crater rim nearly within reach. view from atop the Cowlitz Divide along the Wonderland Trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Goat Island Evening" - An arm of evening mist reaches out to embrace the summer-bright, barren heights enclosing the upper Inter Fork canyon. ancient cirques above the Inter Fork White River; Mount Rainier National Park

"Ohana Autumn" - October rains bring vine maple flame along a quiet side channel of the Ohanapecosh River. Grove of the Patriarchs trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Sipping the Mist" - Lupine blooms drink in the spray from Spray Falls. Mount Rainier National Park

"Mother Earth, Father Sky" - Summer thunderheads soar toward the heavens beyond the brittle, ancient contours of First Mother Mountain. near Knapsack Pass; Mount Rainier National Park

"Solar Fire, Equinox Ice" - Late September sunrise flashes past, as Little Tahoma's steep profile shadows the upper Cowlitz Glacier; cloud sea billowing below. viewed from just above Camp Muir; Mount Rainier National Park

"Ancient Lava, Grinding Ice" - Back-cutting at the head of the massive Cowlitz Glacier slowly crumbles the seemingly steadfast Gibralter Rock. sunrise view from Camp Muir; Mount Rainier National Park

"Tail of the Storm, Little Tahoma" - Evening light on "Little T" in the wake of a fast-moving June snow squall; thunder booming around the clouds below. view from just above Camp Muir; Mount Rainier National Park

"Little T, Cloud Sea" - Descent into mist from the crater rim is rewarded with front row seats for the resplendent, snowy pyramid show of Little Tahoma. view from Disappointment Cleaver; Mount Rainier National Park

"Summerland Repose" - Ice-evacuated cirque near Summerland demonstrates the former excavating power of the now much-diminished Fryingpan Glacier. Wonderland Trail; Mount Rainier National Park

"Ice and Sky" - Atmospheric ice crystals acting as a sunlit prism are exposed in the dramatic rainbow halo hovering over a heavily glaciated summit dome. view from Goat Island Mountain; Mount Rainier National Park

"Castle in the Clouds" - The ever-crumbling north face of Little Tahoma, framed by swirling cirrus. Mount Rainier National Park

"Creeklet 'n' Color" - This timberline exploration of mossy rills on a foggy day takes a dramatic turn, when a serendipitous curve of cloud decides to play favorites with the view of Point Success rising behind. view near Pyramid Park; Mount Rainier National Park

"Evening Light, Nisqually Ice" - A moody, late summer view framed by clouds; shadows cross the crevasse-torn glaciers that decorate the south face of The Mountain. trail to Muir Snowfield above Panorama Point; Mount Rainier National Park

"Winter Dawn, White Pass" - The Mountain's craggy contours are softened by mid-winter's deep snowpack and drifting stratus, revealing the classic volcanic cone within. Mount Rainier National Park