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Scene from the “Tatoosh Range” 360 video (summit of Lane Peak)
These 360 videos allow the viewer to choose where to look, just by touch (phone, iPad etc) or mouse/trackpad. I’ve selected what I consider interesting and beautiful shots for this series, ranging from 1 minute to 7, but most of the clips are purposely kept to a minimum length to serve as more of a sampling. I have many more detailed and lengthy videos on this site, but that is not the purpose here. I hope you enjoy!
Enjoy a transit of Indian Henry's Hunting Ground after the season’s first snows. Filmed on October 30th, 2023.
Filmed on a beautiful fall day (October 10/2023), take a jaunt through St. Andrews Park to end at Aurora Lake (Klapatche Park).
Filmed on August 3rd, 2023 during a transit of the Northern Loop Trail.
A stationary view of St. Andrews Lake on a late afternoon in September. Shot whilst I enjoyed a fabulous foot bath.
An ambulatory snippet of Silver Forest on the Wonderland Trail, filmed on September 11, 2022
Have some fun with this video, starting at 8,000' on the Muir snowfield; I'm occasionally weaving through exposed rocks on frozen snow, the reality of backcountry skiing, so make sure you pan down to the skis occasionally for entertainment. Filmed on January 22, 2022, there's a reason the snowfield is devoid of other people, but this gives the viewer a glimpse of above Paradise on a clear day in the winter.
From the summit of Mt. Wow (6040’) the expanse of Tahoma Creek can be seen from its origin. To the south Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens dot the horizon from this expansive view.
Clear blue skies punctuated by scattered clouds, crisp clear air and the browning of fall in the high meadows, enjoy this jaunt above Paradise, culminating at Pebble Creek (7200’).
Starting at the summit of Lane Peak, sample some of the views to be found in the Tatoosh Range, ending on the Pyramid Peak trail. This was another beautiful fall day in October 2022.
Filmed on a gorgeous fall day (October 6, 2022), my buddy CB and I transited upper Van Trump Park (beyond the “end of maintained trail” sign) to the bivy site at 7200’ elevation.
This point stationary 1 minute clip allows the viewer to enjoy the surroundings of the creek near summerland on a late September fall day.
Enjoy a fall bike ride through Paradise Valley. Starting at Paradise in Mt. Rainier National Park, this one way road proceeds around the Paradise Valley and exits near the turnoff for Stevens Canyon.
The first mile of the West Side Road has been impacted over the years by recurring washouts from Tahoma Creek, especially during outburst floods from the South Tahoma Glacier. In recent years the park has reinforced this particularly vulnerable area with embedded logs and boulders to shore up the road boundary running along the creek. This 2 minute video is a snap shot of the status of this area in June, 2023.