Photo Essay: Alpine Camping

Went to bed with a view, but the clouds came in and obscured the distant peaks by morning.

Weather can be fickle, mosquitoes atrocious, but time in the mountains can still be cherished. As mentioned in a previous post I’ve made a personal goal to push my work outside of the snow world. I feel winter is where my focus and strengths have always been, but as this is only a small portion of the year I’m striving to expand my skills.

Camping has been something I’ve done my entire life, but the frequency will come and go as life gets busy. With this push to shoot more, I’ve been motivated to get back out and spend more time in a tent allow me more time to explore alpine zones, and the ease of being in the mountains for the peak times of light, sunrise and sunset.

Friend and fellow photographer Josh Dooley and I went out for an evening in a zone near Pemberton, British Columbia. With a forecast of heavy rain the following day we weren’t necessarily surprised by a lack of a dramatic sunset. We enjoyed the mountain views, got concerned by an approaching thunderstorm that ultimately passed us by, and swore a bit to much at the onslaught of mosquitoes, but overall had a wonderful time.

A shorter hike, made Josh’s bag heavier as he brought all the luxuries. He had two camping pillows!

Its hard to not be in awe when surrounded by massive mountain peaks. Josh enjoys the view.

The mosquitos were insane. Hundreds can be seen buzzing around Josh’s head.

We thought this thunderstorm was going to be on top of us quickly. However it passed by on the mountains across the valley.

As the storm passed, it left with a little gift.

The way up had us hiking through scenic alpine meadows.

With the storm coming in I wasn’t sure what was going to happen with the light. Got a little bit of colour at sunset, but was hoping for some more. Now have a good reason to go back.

Glacier ice melts into a lake at the bottom. Now the next mission is figuring out a way to get to this lake.

Doing my best to look majestic as I stare into the distance.

There might not have been incredible views in the morning, but while sitting on a rock eating breakfast you could still feel that you were high above the valley

Josh in the mist.