Alpine lake in the Valley of 10,000 Smokes in Katmai National Park

Fireweed along a tributary of Chickaloon River in the high alpine of the Talkeetna Mountains.

Dryas bob in the wind on an alpine ridge above the Kongakut River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Camped on the Harding Icefield during a multi-day ski trip in Kenai Fjords National Park.

Camped amid blueberry bushes at sunset above Telaquana Lake in Lake Clark National Park.

Hiking along the Hulahula River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Evidence of caribou is everywhere in the refuge: trails, scat, bones, antler sheds and the critters themselves.

My ski partner skins up the Bomber Glacier in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.

Fall colors colliding with summer heat in early September.

A Cessna 206 (on floats) of Lake Clark Air takes off from a lake in the Revelation mountains.

One of the most reliable wildlife-viewing valleys in Lake Clark National Park. One of my favorite places to camp and hike.

A newly hatched sparrow in a tundra nest in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK.

Where will the trail lead you?

Backpacking partner stops by an alpine lake in the high country of Gates of the Arctic National Park, the least visited National Park in the U.S.

The Black River of the Talkeetna Mountains

An adult grizzly soaks up some "golden hour" light on the bank of Funnel Creek in Katmai National Park.

Backpacking in central Alaska in late-summer, early-fall.

Backpacking and packrafting in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

A campsite at sunrise in Katmai National Park

Skiing from Valdez to Eureka in the Chugach Mountains

Fall foliage in the Talkeetna Mountains, Southcentral Alaska