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Edit: Polls have closed. Top 3 in each category are identified below. Here's your chance to submit your award winning photos for our first annual NWHikers.net calendar! Click the "edit" button for the categories you want to submit a photo (please edit quickly to avoid overwriting someone else who might be editing at the same time). - Calendar cost will be $20 (plus shipping if you cannot pick up at a social) - All submissions must be entered by midnight December 21, 2008 - Photos must have been taken in the last year (since 12/1/07) and be Pacific NW hiking related - Maximum 1 entry per category / 6 total entries per person (if submitting 6, one must be in cover page category and can be a duplicate submission) - Cover page submissions must be horizontal but month submissions can be vertical to span top and bottom of calendar month page - First place in each category wins calendar page and free calendar (maximum 2 pages / prizes per person) - Runner ups in each category will print as a collage on the back cover (maximum 2 per person) or calendar page if winner hits limit - Photographer retains full photo copyright but agrees to provide full sized photo for printed calendar use if selected (no watermarks please) - NWHikers.net membership will vote via poll for the winning photo in each category (results may be kept sekrit until calendar arrives TBD) - If you have suggestions or comments, please post them in this thread

[Cover Page]

Tie for first place:

Skyline Divide (Karen²) - Winner requested third place since photo also won August page

Walk the Line (yukon222)

Second place:

Sunbeams on Boulder River trail (D.B. Cooper)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Christy's summit celebrations on top of Old Snowy (Jason Hummel)

Trailpair heading out on the trail (Opus)

Fond recollections of sekrit places (Joey)

Perfection Lake, Enchantments (Layback)

Enchantments (GaliWalker)

A cold morning (Joe)

Paintbrush along the trail to High Pass (kyled)

Snow Lake from Melakwa Pass (puzzlr)

Rainier (Drake Brimstone)

Heather Pass (Schroder)

Skyline Sunset (PiB)

Mutant Summit Rat with plague-bearing tick boring into it's skull. Mt. Ellinor. (Angry Hiker)

Avalanche Canyon (HJT)

Coleman Glacier, Mt. Baker (Jim Dockery)

Spider and Formidable tower above the Middle Fork Valley (Tom_Sjolseth)

April in the Olympics (Ancient Ambler)

Hiking the Burroughs trail at Mt. Rainier NP (the Zachster)

Churning Snow (mbgriffi)

Picture Lake (Elvis)

Clark, Luahna, and Butterfly Butte (Randy)

Enchantments (mtngrl)

3 labels

Bailey Range / Fairchild (El Puma)

Onward (Justus)

Not smart enough to come in out of the rain (Quark)

Enchantments (Ingunn)

Pickets (Matt)

[January]

First place:

Paradise (Ingunn)

Second place:

Sun and Snow (Yana)

Honorable mention:

Welcome Ridge (Matt)

Other runner ups (in random order):

The Stillaguamish River, Mt Higgins above the clouds (Quark)

Foss Lakes in Winter (Tom)

North WA Coast (mtngrl)

Reflection Lake (NWtrax)

Mt. Rainier in winter (the Zachster)

Diablo overlook (hulksmash)

[February]

First place:

back county skiers working their way up to Castle (tazz)

Tie for second place:

Winter trees at Mt. Rainier NP (the Zachster)

Second Beach (GaliWalker)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Methow River (Joe)

Deer Creek (RossB)

Near Welcome Pass (Randy)

I Stopped to Pause in Awe (mbgriffi)

Peaking through the trees (Justus)

[March]

First place:

Red Top Lookout (JimK)

Second place:

Skyline Peak (puzzlr)

Honorable mention:

Theler Wetlands (mtngrl)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Alpental from Source Lake area (SlowWalker)

Arrowhead Mountain (GeoTom)

Cougar Mountain (nuclear_eggset)

Olympus from Eagle Point (Ancient Ambler)

Churning Snow (mbgriffi)

Pyramid Mtn (Elvis)

Discover the Cascades (Justus)

Big Chiwaukum (Matt)

[April]

First place:

Balsamroot and Saddlerock - April (kyled)

Second place:

Teepee Falls (aywolfpac)

Honorable mention:

Great Horned Owlet (Karen²)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Ancient Lakes (GaliWalker)

Talupus Lake area (RossB)

A snow wheel near the West Face of Mount Shuksan (Jason Hummel)

Point of the Arches from Shi Shi Beach, at very low tide (grannyhiker)

Sun on Mt Cameron - from Mt Ellinor (Ancient Ambler)

Big Four, west moat (Scrooge)

8 labels

Idiots in the Mist. (The Angry Hiker)

Hoh Rainforest (B-Dog)

Black Canyon trail (Central Washington) (Quark)

Duckabush (TPayne)

[May]

First place:

Painted Hills (PiB)

Second place:

Dog Mt. (Jennifer S.)

Honorable mention (tie for third):

North Beach Sunset (aywolfpac)

Bee shot (hulk smash)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Trillium (Joey)

Climbing towards Old Snowy (Jason Hummel)

1 label

Big Four (SlowWalker)

Ranger Falls (Grizzy)

Elwha River (NWtrax)

dicey and Mnt Man hiking to camp. Hontoon point (tazz)

Trillium (HJT)

Granite Mountain Trillium (nuclear_eggset)

Hoh rainforest, Olympic NP (grasshopper)

Gary Reaches the Ridge at Trap Pass (Layback)

Ferns of Light (mbgriffi)

Cascade Cheesewort, Farkus Malarkus (The Angry Hiker)

[June]

First place:

avalanche lilies (bcfc53)

Second place:

Putrid Pete's Peak (puzzlr)

Honorable mention:

Lush forest, N Fk Sauk River trail (Quark)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Silver Creek runoff, Easton (Joey)

balsamroot (Joe)

Upper Enchantments (kyled)

Sunrise on the Disappointment Cleaver (Shadow)

Fresh Snow on Tree -- Hawkins Peak ridge (RossB)

Ruby Beach, Olympic Penninsula (bertman)

Rachor Creek falls (Scrooge)

anita blue lake peak col (Big Steve)

Shi-Shi Beach (B-Dog)

Mt. St. Helens climb (nuclear_eggset)

Hwy. 2 Rainforest (DonM)

Sunset over the North Cascades (Tom_Sjolseth)

Shining firnspiegel on Steamboat Prow and Rainier (wolfs)

Mama and her Kid (Karen²)

Sunset (yukon222)

[July]

First place:

Spider Meadow (Ingunn)

Second place:

Dawn at Mt Daniel & Pea Soup Lake (yukon222)

Honorable mention:

Ingalls Lk (PiB)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Mercury (aywolfpac)

Shi-Shi Beach (grannyhiker)

Phlox (Joey)

Anemone and Glacier Peak (kyled)

don b on East Garfield (puzzlr)

Alpenglow on Challenger Glacier. (Tom_Sjolseth)

Jessy Hummel looking at the Dana Glacier along the Ptarmigan Traverse. (Jason Hummel)

Trail to Marmot Pass (Jennifer S.)

Capilano Salmon Hatchery, Vancouver, BC (bertman)

Mt Rainier from Fremont (Schroder)

Panhandle Gap (Grizzy)

Mt. Baker (SlowWalker)

Twin Sisters Lake (nuclear_eggset)

Forbidden Peak's East Ridge Direct (Layback)

Silver Lake Snow Caves (DonM)

Summerland, MRNP (grasshopper)

Tarnation (mbgriffi)

Near Roaring Winds Camp (Ancient Ambler)

Jefferson & The Sisters (B-Dog)

Dungeness Lighthouse (NWtrax)

Sulphide Glacier, Mount Shuksan (Randy)

[August]

First place:

Skyline Divide (Karen²)

Second place:

Mountain Goat at Robin Lakes (Tom)

Honorable mention:

Skyline Divide (PiB)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Mount Daniel (GaliWalker)

Backlit (aywolfpac)

Cady Ridge (Opus)

Lyman Lakes (GeoTom)

Bean Creek Basin, Teanaway (Joey)

South Sister (Joe)

Robin & Daniel (mtngrl)

Jeremy on a cross-country hike through the Goat Rocks (Jason Hummel)

Tiger Lilies (Drake Brimstone)

Tolmie Peak Trail (Grizzy)

Constance Pass (HJT)

Julia Celebrates Another Summit in the North Cascades (Layback)

Near Panhandle Gap, Mt. Rainier (wamtngal)

Luna Peak (Tom_Sjolseth)

Spider Meadow Detail (joker)

Alison clowning around on Tyler Peak (Ancient Ambler)

Sugarloaf Lookout (Dave Workman)

Glacier Peak From Ascent of Buck (Randy)

Crescent Moon at Sunset (Chainsaw Willie)

Crevasse layering on Rainbow Glacier, Mount Baker (peltoms)

[September]

First place:

"I see you!" (Opus)

Second place:

Robin Lakes (Karen²)

Honorable mention (tie for third):

Evening reflections near Yellow Aster Butte (the Zachster)

Stiletto Meadows (Matt)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Shuksan Reflection (aywolfpac)

Gil & the Janitor (Joey)

BPJ

Evening moon over Spider and Mix-Up. (Tom_Sjolseth)

Enchantments (mtngrl)

Looking South from Tolmie Peak (Schroder)

Mt Rainier, Skyline Trail (Scrooge)

Hi-lo Lake(SlowWalker)

2 labels

Snoqualmie Tunnel, Copyright 2008 The Angry Hiker

Sep - Lk Ann (PiB)

Cedar Lake (HJT)

Leprechaun Lake and Prusik Peak (Layback)

Lostine River and Eagle Cap Peak (joker)

Sperry Peak in the clouds (Justus)

Moon over Miner's Ridge (Dave Workman)

Mt. Baker (Elvis)

Sunrise on Glacier Peak - September (kyled)

Upper Chants Sunset (El Puma)

Morning sun on Muchler Peak (Yana)

[October]

First place:

Lower Larch Lake (Chainsaw Willie)

Tie for second place:

Stop and enjoy the scenery (Justus)

Ice Lake (Matt)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Falling leaves (the Zachster)

Enchantments (GaliWalker)

October in Rampart Lakes (Opus)

Upper Ice Lake (GeoTom)

Echo Rock (puzzlr)

Scatter Lake (Joe)

Below Park Creek Pass (cweston)

Leroy Basin (wamtngal)

Upper Lyman (kyled)

Carne Basin (bertman)

Granite Mt. (Jennifer S.)

Mt Index from Persis (Schroder)

Mt Shuksan from YAB (PiB)

Descending Forbidden Peak (Layback)

Looking out over Lincoln Peak and The Sisters Range (Tom_Sjolseth)

Lake Lillian - Olympics 10-11-8 (Ancient Ambler)

Last Great Sunrise (mbgriffi)

The old man and larch (BPJ)

Snags from Quartz Mountain (Dave Workman)

Keekwulee Falls (Elvis)

An obvious favorite scene at Lord Hill Park! (Sabahboy)

Leavenworth Colors (El Puma)

Merchant peak reflecting in Eagle lake (hulksmash)

By Gem Lake (Ingunn)

[November]

First place:

Dicey working her way through the spindrift. (Tazz)

Tie for second place:

Trail through forest of silver fir draped with lichen (Quark)

Josh Hummel on Mount Shuksan at Sunset. (Jason Hummel)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Dingford Creek (BPJ)

Melakwa Lake (GaliWalker)

Sauk river falls (Opus)

Red Mountain (puzzlr)

Snow Lake Trail (Joe)

Pinnacle Saddle (Schroder)

Heather Lake boardwalk (bertman)

Big Four, base of waterwall (Scrooge)

Glacier Peak over Forgotten tarn (GeoTom)

Davis Peak (wamtngal)

Snow Lake Trail (JimK)

Early snow, early sunset near Paradise (wolfs)

North WA Coast (mtngrl)

Melakwa Lake trail (Ingunn)

Hidden Lake and Cascade Pass peaks (Yana)

Daniel (Matt)

Sentinel over Snow Lake (yukon222)

[December]

First place:

Kendall Lakes powder (Opus)

Second place:

Rime Plastered Trees (JimK)

Honorable mention:

Hallowed (mbgriffi)

Other runner ups (in random order):

Spruce adorned with ice and backlit (peltoms)

Snow Lake reflections (GeoTom)

Winter Paradise (Drake Brimstone)

Rampart Ridge from Kendall Lake area (RossB)

Juniper Ridge (Jennifer S.)

Mt Baker from Park Butte (Schroder)

Eight Mile Trail/ Squire Creek Pass (Grizzy)

Glacier Peak from Breccia Dec07 (Justus)

Warm Holiday greetings from Mt. Dickerman (the Zachster)

Heather Lake (Elvis)

River road along Snohomish river (hulksmash)

Mt. Dickerman (Ingunn)

[Final Calendar]