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| Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Image ID: 18036 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA | Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Image ID: 18159 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA | A hiker admiring the striated walls and dramatic light within Antelope Canyon, a deep narrow slot canyon formed by water and wind erosion. Image ID: 17993 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Hiker views Vogelsang Lake, and Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunrise in Yosemite's High Sierra. Image ID: 23201 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A hiker admiring the striated walls and dramatic light within Antelope Canyon, a deep narrow slot canyon formed by water and wind erosion. Image ID: 18009 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk. Image ID: 19337 Location: Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA |
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| Panoramic view from Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country, looking south. A hiker appears twice in this curious panoramic photo, enjoying the spectacular view. Visible on the left are Parson's Peak (12147'), Gallison Lake and Bernice Lake, while Vogelsang Peak (11516') rises to the right. Image ID: 23210 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4512 x 17738 | ||
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| Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, with flowing water, autumn cottonwood trees and towering red sandstone cliffs. Image ID: 26106 Location: Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Delicate Arch and Milky Way, lit by quarter moon, hiker's flashlight and the fading blue sky one hour after sunset. Arches National Park, Utah. Image ID: 27855 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA | A hiker admires an ancient bristlecone pine tree, on the Methuselah Walk in the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 23232 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring. Hikers are seen at the precipice to Vernal Falls, having hiked up the Mist Trail to get there. Image ID: 12636 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Hikers ascend the Skyline Trail below Nisqually Glacier and Mount Rainier. Image ID: 13889 Location: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA | Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Image ID: 18160 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk. Image ID: 19338 Location: Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA | The long shadow of a hiker lies on Mobius Arch, a natural stone arch in the Alabama Hills. Image ID: 21733 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | Cables guiding hikers to summit of Half Dome. Image ID: 03462 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, hikers visible at precipice, viewed from John Muir Trail. Image ID: 07772 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Hikers climb the Mist Trail (at right) through Little Yosemite Valley, approaching Vernal Falls. Spring. Image ID: 09200 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Young hikers are dwarfed by the trunk of an enormous Sequoia tree. Image ID: 09879 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Giant Forest, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA |
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| Hiker, Paradise Meadows. Image ID: 13900 Location: Paradise Meadows, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA | Hiker looks down on Stromness Harbour from the pass high above. Image ID: 24582 Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island | Alpine meadow in Yosemite's High Sierra, on approach on the John Muir Trail to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, looking south. Image ID: 23209 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Alpine meadow and John Muir Trail, in Yosemite's high country on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23212 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Hiker views Vogelsang Lake and the western buttress of Fletcher Peak from a vantage point near Vogelsang Pass, looking north. Image ID: 23216 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Alpine meadow and John Muir Trail, in Yosemite's high country on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23243 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Alpine meadow and John Muir Trail, in Yosemite's high country on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23246 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, with flowing water, autumn cottonwood trees and towering red sandstone cliffs. Image ID: 26130 Location: Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Exuberant hiker atop the Fire Wave, at night, stars and the evening sky. Image ID: 28450 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA |
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| Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It lies along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Composed of the Sierra Nevada batholith granite formation, its eastern side (seen here) is quite steep. It is climbed by hundreds of hikers each year. Image ID: 21761 Pano dimensions: 2298 x 4990 | ||
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| Hiker in Buckskin Gulch. A hiker considers the towering walls and narrow passageway of Buckskin Gulch, a dramatic slot canyon forged by centuries of erosion through sandstone. Buckskin Gulch is the worlds longest accessible slot canyon, running from the Paria River toward the Colorado River. Flash flooding is a serious danger in the narrows where there is no escape. Image ID: 20716 Location: Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | ||
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