I really like watching valley fog up in mountain valleys as it changes and moves up the valley. It can be a constantly changing show. This is the North Fork Skokomish in Olympic National Park in November … this time of year (February) this same area can be a challenge to access due to snow.
This is one of my favorite backpacking photos. We were camped at Home Sweet Home where the shelter had previously stood … since collapsed due to heavy snow and lack of maintenance (Olympic National Park budget cuts). Home Sweet Home is reached by hiking (13 miles) up the North Fork Skokomish trail and crossing First Divide. Shortly after starting the drop down into the Duckabush valley you find this lovely meadow.
This is another example of mist blowing over the Olympic Mountain ridges. This one didn’t have the sun backlighting the clouds and has a lot darker tones. This is up the North Fork Skokomish.
In the photo above, please note the band of low cloud (fog) along the shore of Whidbey Island across Puget Sound from the Port Townsend waterfront. We had the fog earlier, but it had burned off hours ago. I was surprised there was still some left across the way. The snowy peak is Mt Baker, the northern most of the Cascade volcanoes.
Below the new walkway on the top of the new breakwater at Hudson Point Marina, a great spot to watch the ferry come and go.
These are a couple of old favorites that I haven’t posted before. Both have a very soft feel to them. They’re a little different from the usual sunset photos I post. O’Neil Pass (top photo) is in the Olympic National Park between the Duckabush and East Fork Quinault river valleys.
