The Gimmelwald Cat and the Hiker: An Unexpected Alpine Encounter
A black-and-white cat, an Alpine trail and a hiker with a sore ankle: it is an excellent beginning for an unexpected mountain story. The en...
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Hiking Stories & Mountain Landscapes
Discover hiking stories and outdoor photography from mountain landscapes and wild places. Explore the scenery behind the journeys, then browse related collections on the Alps, climbing and mountain adventures.
Seven Days on Kungsleden: Adelina’s Northern Sweden Photo Journey
The colours are the surprise: yellow trees, rusty ground and blue water beneath high slopes still holding snow. This Kungsleden gallery fol...
Born Wild: Three Mothers Sharing Outdoor Life with Their Children
The most inviting photograph in this family-adventure collection might be the breakfast. Or the toy truck. Or a child painting beside the c...
Simon Trnka’s Slovak Mountain Sunrises: Tatras, Malá Fatra and Veľký Choč
Some mornings make the alarm clock feel like a very good idea. Simon Trnka’s 2015 photographs from Slovakia catch that moment when the vall...
An Appalachian Trail Beard Timelapse: John’s 2015 Journey
The beard gets the headline, but the real subject is time. In this Appalachian Trail portrait sequence, a hiker’s face stays near the centr...
The French Alps: Landscapes, Outdoor Interests and a Photographer’s View
A good mountain photo walk starts with a little curiosity and a realistic plan. Lukas Furlan’s French Alps photographs offer plenty of both...
Akiak and Norway: A Husky in an Adventure Photo Diary
Akiak has a very photogenic habit of making a huge landscape feel personal. A husky sits above a turquoise bay, runs across snow and become...
Skuta’s Alpine Shelter: Three Modules on a Mountain
From outside, the shelter below Skuta looks like a small angular object placed among the rocks. Inside, the idea becomes clearer: a narrow ...
Bodhi Bennett’s Family Hiking Album
A tiny hat, an enormous mountain backdrop and plenty of time to look around: the Bennett family’s hiking photographs have an easy charm. Bo...
Lukas Furlan’s French Alps: A Walking Photo Essay
Water appears first: a narrow stream working its way through dark rock. Beyond it, the peaks rise into clouds touched with warm light. Luka...
Remembering Rambo After the Mount Bierstadt Lightning Strike
A photograph of a dog on a mountain is usually a happy record of a day outside. For Jonathan Hardman, the pictures of Rambo became somethin...
Gran Paradiso National Park: Wildlife and Alpine Landscapes
A blue lake among rock, a bright patch of autumn trees and two ibex facing each other on a slope: Gran Paradiso’s photographs show a landsc...
Ten Norway Destinations: Cities, Fjords and Mountain Landscapes
Norway can fill a wish list very quickly: a harbour in the morning, a blue fjord in the afternoon, then a mountain silhouette you keep thin...
The Tatra Mountains Through Karol Nienartowicz’s Photographs
The Tatras in these photographs are full of changing moods. One lake lies beneath a heavy sky; another catches light through a break in the...
People in the Mont Blanc Massif: Alpine Photography’s Collection
A small patch of bright clothing can change an entire mountain photograph. In this Alpine Photography collection, climbers and campers prov...
Freya’s Everest Base Camp Trek: The Full Photographic Journey
The arrival photograph at Everest Base Camp is memorable, but Freya’s collection is more interesting because it includes the way there: car...
A Clear Frozen Lake in Slovakia’s High Tatras: Looking Through the Ice
The stones are so easy to see that the surface almost seems to disappear. In this High Tatras video, transparent ice gives the viewer an un...
Alex Honnold and Half Dome: Understanding Yosemite’s Climbing Images
Half Dome’s profile is familiar, but a photograph taken beside a climber reveals a very different scale. Small features in the granite beco...
Besseggen Ridge: Gjende, Bessvatnet and a Demanding Norwegian Hike
The two-lake view is Besseggen’s great surprise: turquoise Gjende on one side, darker Bessvatnet on the other, separated by a narrow rise o...
Mount Hua’s Plank Walk: What the Dramatic Video Shows
The rock face fills one side of the view and open space fills the other. The Mount Hua plank-walk clip creates its immediate impact through...