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Denali has two significant summits: the South Summit is the higher one at 20,310 feet (6,190 m), while the North Summit has an elevation of 19,470 ft (5,934 m). They are both in view here.
The South Summit is the climbing target. The North Summit doesn't draw as many climbers.
A shot or two more of Denali then moving on.
Thanks for taking a look!
2.5 hours after dropping the bikes, and some considerable climbing, here we are at 1157 meters (3796 feet) and the summit of our first mountain of the day Beinn Bhrotain. I couldn't resist getting a little extra height by standing on top of the tri point!!
Beinn Bhrotain (pronounced Bane Vrottan meaning Hill of the Hound) stands at 1157 meters (3796 feet) and is the first of our Munros today. Monadh Mor (pronounced Monnagh Mor meaning The Big Hill) is our second and final destination and stands at 1113 meters (3651 feet). A short 5 mile cycle up Glen Dee gets us to the foot of the climb, then it's an 11 mile hike across rough and boggy ground to get there. An epic 8.5 hours, largely un-pathed, time in the hills gets us back to the cars just before full dark falls!
I took this shot on my way to Homer. There was still quite a bit of ice on the lake as well as a pair of Common Loons that made me aware of their presence by causing waves in the water. Here you get a bit of the reflections of the Kenai Mountains still covered in snow in the clear water free of ice.
Taken 22 May 2022 at Summit Lake, Kenai Penninsula, Alaska.
Snaking through the multiple curves east of Summit, Montana, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train traverses Marias Pass on September 9, 1999. Up front is an eclectic group of motive power led by BNSF warbonnet GE C44-9W No. 781. Trailing the 781 is a former Santa Fe LRCX C30-7, a Burlington Northern C30-7, a Santa Fe EMD SD45-2B, and finally, another Dash 9 in Heritage II paint.
• Above the clouds the world grows light,
a quiet hush, a softer sight.
The heart lifts up where breezes roam,
and finds in sky a second home.
Joy blooms there in gentle blue
a whispered promise, wide and true
that all the weight we hold below
can melt in sun-washed fields of snow.
Was at Palmer Park the other day with Aurora when we ran into this dog named Summit and his owners. Aurora instantly liked him and they ran around together playing for an hour. It was nice to see her so happy and playing like a puppy again. Guess he got worn out too since he decided to lay in the snow for awhile.
Rio Grande GP40-2 No. 3094 kicks up up a little snow while cresting Soldier Summit on New Year's Eve, 1994.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train is headed west at Summit, Montana, on December 23, 1998. The train is crossing Marias Pass powered by a pair of EMD SD40-2s, with Burlington Northern No. 7889 leading the way.
A friendly crew smokes it up for the last effort to get a short sand train for Emporium over Keating Summit. Lucky for us, the morning fog burned off a little below the summit. June 7, 2019 was a great day on the WNYP. 3 trains which we managed to shoot in about 30 different locations thanks to good intel from the birdie network. All day I kept wondering why I never shot Conrail here.
View from top of Buidhe Bheinn 885m , a corbett in Lochaber. Took this after climbing to the summit from Kinloch Hourn. This view is looking back toward the west top with the munro Ladhar Bheinn in Knoydart in the background.
A westbound BNSF grain train enters double track at Summit after climbing the east slope of Marias Pass.
“You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.”
― Rene Daumal
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Summit lake at the end of the mono pass hiking trail at an elevation of more than 10000ft, Yosemite national park.
This last part of the ascent is a real pleasure. The W ridge is very panoramic, not just trivial, but easy to overcome and you're all the time able to check how you are nearing the summit.
As we top the final crest the summit of Mount Keen hove's into view. People already there stand out beautifully against the sky.
Mount Keen is my 11th Munro and this is my second time of climbing it. It is the most easterly of all the Munros and stands at 939 Meters (3080 feet), forming an almost perfect cone. A 7 mile cycle up Glen Tanar gets us to the foot of the 2 mile ascent up the mountain.
The highest point on the M25, London's outer ring road, at Reigate Hill. 700' (213 metres) above sea level.
Three P42s bring the Empire Builder along Ayd Mill Road underneath Summit Avenue through the snow in Saint Paul en route to Union Depot.
This was not he first time when I saw the mountain sheep arriving at a summit of the bavarian alps short before sunrise. They seem to enjoy holding their summit meeting at the evening.
Taken with the Leica Q3 and optimized with a digital gradation filter in Lightroom to adjust contrast and colours, the light was very soft due to a rather cloudy sky in the west.
As I climb higher, the clouds descend and completely shroud the summit of Glas Tulaichean. Normally I would give this up and wait for a better day, but as we're soon moving away this is my last chance to gain the 10% of Munro's bagged.
Glas Tulaichean is my 5th Munro of the season and the 28th in total, bringing me to a Munro completion rate of near enough 10%. The mountain stands at 1051 meters (3448 feet) and is the last one I will do as I have now moved away from Scotland and back to my roots in South Yorkshire as the pull of the Grandchildren was just too strong.
From the summit of Carn an Tuirc we can see in the distance the summit of Cairn of Claise. When I first reached this summit, I thought "That's it, I'm done", but then seeing how close the second one was I made the decision to try to push on to reach it.
This bike trip takes me to the summits of two Munro's, Carn an Tuirc & Cairn of Claise. Carn an Tuirc is at a height of 1018 meters (3339 feet), while Cairn of Claise is sightly higher at 1062 meters (3484 feet). It took me four hours to drag myself (and my bike) up there, but because of the bike, it took less than an hour to get back to the car. Total distance covered was 26.5 kilometers (16.5 miles) and starting at 370 meters, I had an altitude gain of over 700 meters (2296+ feet) - that was a big one!!
Sunrise hits the final slopes of Place Fell. It was a fabulous morning to be high up above Ullswater to witness dawn. John Bleakley and I had set off in the dark with our head torches highlighting our way up the icy, snowy flanks of Place Fell.
It was quite invigorating treading a crunchy path through virgin snow and ice, in sub zero temperatures, to get to the top before the sun rose over the horizon. The conditions were just superb, it was so still! You could hear Owls and the odd bark of a distant dog down in the Valley bottom.
In fact just before we reached this point we startled a Fox, which bolted off across the frozen snow! God knows what it was existing on up here on the tops of this Fell.
I had to stop when I saw this view, as the "S" curve in the landscape looked quite dramatic. A Fell I'd never climbed before, rather favouring the more popular Peaks on the opposite side of Ullswater. But the views here across the valley and indeed all around, certainly will have me returning again soon!
We've made it to the summit of Carn a'Gheoidh, my 10th Munro! (A Munro for those who don't know, is a Scottish Mountain over 3000 feet) .. Me (in green) with Andy (in red) my work colleague, friend and mountain guide!! You can tell how late in the day it is now as the shadow of the tripod and camera can be seen in the foreground.
Carn a'Gheoidh (pronounced Carn a Ghoy) meaning Rocky Hill of the Goose (or Froggy Hill of the Goose as Niqui heard it!) is a Munro standing at 975 meters (3198 feet), my 6th Munro of the year and the 10th ever I've climbed, but the last until next summer.
One final shot of the summit cairn at the top of Cairn Gorm. Far below we can see the blue waters of Loch Morlich, while just beyond it, Aviemore can just be made out. But we've hung around enough, it's time to start the descent.
Cairn Gorm, the mountain from which the Cairngorm mountain range gets its name, stands at 1245 meters (4085 feet) and is my 4th Munro of the season, my 27th in total. The hike (no bike this time) sees me covering a circuit of just over 7 miles and making an elevation gain of around 762 meters (2500 feet).
The L TWI661 heads west out of Summit on their way to Aberdeen. I was planning to shoot this train on the grade east of Summit, but due to the overpass in Marvin not being plowed, and other spots being too deep in snow, I went to the overpass here west of Summit. They slowed down a tad passing by due to, according to dispatch, "a systemwide PTC outage," but got to track speed once again not long after that. Unfortunately Devil's Tower did not appear in my photo here on this day.
Great Northern's crossing of the Rockies at Marias Pass was an important part of their Hi-Line. And under BNSF, it's still just as busy today.
Here, with some manifest traffic up front, a train of autos for Chicago rolls across the Continental Divide at the aptly named location of Summit.
V TACLPC1 30 (Vehicles- Tacoma, WA to Logistics Park Chicago [Elwood, IL])
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #5639
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #5080
BNSF ES44AC #6245
(DPU) BNSF ES44C4 #6716
Summit, MT
September 2nd, 2021
September 23, 2017 was a stunningly beautiful day in North Conway, New Hampshire. After shooting Conway Scenic, me and a buddy realized we could see the top of Mount Washington crystal clear (which is a super rare occurrence) and broke off our chase for the auto road. After ascending to the summit, we knew we had made the right choice, as you could see distant ranges clear off in the distance, making for perfect conditions to shoot the cog. We made the most of our day, hiking up and down getting a lot of different angles. Seen here, the M5 is almost to the summit as a hiker stops to watch the train roll by, with the distant peaks in the background. It's really rare Mt. Washington experiences such good weather, and I'm super grateful to have cool shots like this to showcase the magic of "the worst weather on earth" when it has a sunny day.