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Pines reaching for the sky
4 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Taken December 2017 in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Experienced by Jackson Hendry
12 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
First full mountain bike ride on the Wasatch Crest trail leads from Brighton, Utah along the ridge line north, finally descending into Millcreek Canyon then spits you out in the Salt Lake Valley.
12 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
It had been a busy wildfire season and recent burns created a stunning view of mountain layers at the summit of the Pfeifferhorn. The hike includes scrambling the ridge seen in the lower right to gain the summit.
Experienced by Jackson Hendry
13 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Each year there is a wild flower festival held at Alta Ski Area. This was an enjoyable evening walking around the upper meadows taking pictures of all sorts of different wild flowers.
13 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
I attended a wildflower festival a Alta Ski Area, above Salt Lake City. While walking down a trail back to the parking area, I saw this peaceful fellow resting amongst the wildflowers. People were respectful in keeping their distance from him, this was shot with a telephoto.
13 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Sunset over the great salt lake
Experienced by Adam Thomas
14 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
This is the result of a 4AM alarm and several miles of ski touring.
14 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
After a week of Epic Snow 8-12 inches per day, some blue sky over Mt Baldy. Snapped this pic on Collins Return. Alta, low key, no frills, ski area.
14 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
I am not a photographer, but I had to take this picture. Although I cannot remember which ski resort I was at when I took this, it is either Snowbird or Canyons Resort. I was in awe of the scenery when I came off the chairlift and had to take the photo.
15 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Got lost looking for this “secret lake” took forever to get here hiked up the mountains but was worth it for the view. Wish there were more clouds
Experienced by Michael Emono
15 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
I took my Discovery up the canyon to find some trail and snow and ran into another photographer and land rover enthusiast whom I’ve followed for some time. He was out shooting this Defender 110 and allowed me to jump in and shoot it. Such a beautiful vehicle. It was cold, as this was the first snow here in Utah for the year. I didn’t expect to see snow at this level but it really made for a great aesthetic for the photos of this off road machine. I shot this on a Leica SL Typ 601 with a 24-90 f2.8, the best mirrorless camera I have ever used.
17 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
While my group and I were snowshoeing in the Utah mountains, others were cross-country skiing, like this couple. The contrast of their jackets agains the enormous and strong evergreens caught my eye. Each of these trees is carrying is hundreds of pounds of snow and it makes for a beautiful scene.
17 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
This photo was taken in the mountains of Utah over a frozen lake on a beautiful January day. The folks in the distance were snowshoeing, as were we. There were about 3-4 feet of snow on the ground that day.
18 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Shot on Antelope Island in Utah, on a night where I witnessed the most beautiful pink sunset over the Salt Lake.
Experienced by Bryce olsen
18 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
I took this photo during a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. This place is special to me because everywhere you turn, there was view photo worth
18 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
The higher elevations of the backcountry in Utah has maple trees and aspen trees. I was able to capture the colors at the peak time,simply beautiful.
Experienced by David Wirzba
19 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Mountain valley in the spring
20 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Looking off into the mountains
20 km from Big Cottonwood Canyon
Image of a young Utahn taking the plunge into Bloods Lake, Park City UT. The Summers here can get pretty steamy so a hike and swim in one of Utah’s many alpine lakes are on the brain.
Experienced by olivia hutcherson