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Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
02/16/2014
Inside one of the Apostle Islands Mainland Ice Caves.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
02/16/2014
Icicles line the ceiling of most of the caves. Apostle Islands Ice Caves.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
02/16/2014
Inside one of the caves. Apostle Islands Ice Caves.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
02/16/2014
Apostle Islands Ice Caves on the shore of Lake Superior.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
02/16/2014
Apostle Islands Ice Caves on the shore of Lake Superior.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
12/18/2018
Icicles in Avalanche Pass.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
12/18/2018
The trail to Avalanche Pass.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
12/18/2018
Approaching Avalanche Lake.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
12/18/2018
Avalanche Lake.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
01/24/2015
Those looking for extra challenges in Ouray can venture into the hills to climb natural ice.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
01/24/2015
The San Juans are full of stunning ice and mixed lines, such as this committing alpine route near Silverton.
Justin Michael
Photo Date:
02/04/2014
Ouray Ice Park climber making their way up the ice.
Justin Michael
Photo Date:
02/04/2014
Looking down into the Ouray ice park east.
Justin Michael
Photo Date:
02/04/2014
A cave at the base of the park in Ouray.
Ice formations in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Ice formations in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Winter in the Smoky Mountains.
Meigs Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Grotto Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Gerard Smith
Photo Date:
11/15/2017
A winter campsite at Crater Lake.
Gerard Smith
Photo Date:
11/15/2017
Peace and quiet on the snowshoe to Crater Lake.
Gerard Smith
Photo Date:
11/15/2017
Crater Lake appears through the cloud.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
12/13/2014
The Watchman lookout tower on an overnighter to Crater Lake.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
12/13/2014
Views of Crater Lake from the Watchman lookout tower are unbeatable.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
04/13/2013
Early dusk at Crater Lake.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Snow Dragon, one of three once found on Mount Hood's Sandy Glacier, collapsed in 2015.