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Polls have closed and the top 4 photos are revealed below. Congrats to all! You can order a calendar here. Don't forget to sign up and come to the calendar social on Tuesday Dec 27. Previous calendars: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 Rules: - All submissions must be entered by midnight Nov 15 (voting will start). - Photos must have been taken in the last 12 months (since 11/1/2015) and be Pacific NW hiking related - Photos do NOT have to be taken in the month submitted but should be seasonally relevant - Maximum 1 entry per category, 6 total entries per person - Submissions must be horizontal with a 3:2 - 4:3 ratio (no vertical photos or panoramas please) - NWHikers.net membership will vote via poll for the winning photos in each category - First place in each category will print on calendar page - Runner ups in each category will print as a collage on the back cover - Photographer retains full photo copyright but agrees to provide full sized photo if selected (no watermarks or borders please) with desired caption and photo credit for printed calendar use - A link to the calendar preview will be posted and individuals will be responsible for purchasing their own calendar. Current estimated cost is $15-25 / calendar.

[Cover]

1st and 2nd Place

Sunrise, Mt. Baker

Approaching Kodak Peak on the PCT with great views of Glacier Peak and gorgeous blueberry colors

3rd and 4th Place

Mount Goat, Miller Peak

Mountain Splendor

Other Entries

Enjoying the View of the Enchantments

Vibrant sunrise on Mount Logan

Mount Stuart & Stream

Cover

Hiking Above the Haze

Bostonian views

Volcanic Vista

Alpine Tropics

El Capitan - Sawtooths, ID

Mt. Rainier from 2nd Burroughs

walk on water 2

I've got this, no worries!

PCT High Route

Corteo and Black Peak

Sunrise on Ancient Lakes

[January (Dec-Feb)]

1st and 2nd Place

Looking from McCausland to Lichtenberg

Snow goblins on Rock Mtn

3rd and 4th Place

Rock Garden at Skyline Lake

Snowfield group from Stetattle Ridge

Other Entries

Sasse tracks

Hiker and Mt. Shuksan from Mt. Ann ridge

Granite Mtn

Mt. McCausland

January

Mt Erie New Years Hike

Gold Creek Pond, New Year's Eve

Mt Baldy.

Glacier Peak from Miner's Ridge

[February (Jan-Mar)]

1st and 2nd Place

Logger Butte

Glacier Peak Wilderness

3rd and 4th Place

Snowgrass Mtn

Cold river

Other Entries

Tracks near Sourdough Gap

Monogram Lake

Harrier Hunting in Tall Grass

Tatoosh & Mt. Adams

February

Dakobed

Winter sunset behind Mt. Persis

[March (Feb-Apr)]

1st and 2nd Place

Constance & Warrior above the Clouds

Caterpillar @ Evergreen Lookout

3rd and 4th Place

Canyon Creek off Suiattle River Trail [DH]

Contrasting Light on Shuksan

Other Entries

Trillium in the Valley of Silent Men, ONP

Mount St. Helens summit

Sunrise over Mount Baker

Dragontail

Oregon Grape Blossoms

Snow Almost Gone

First Timer Enjoys The PNW

[April (Mar-May)]

1st and 2nd Place

Dalles Mt. Ranch flower riot

Balsamroot, Pearrygin Lake

3rd and 4th Place

Hidden Lake lookout

Lovely Lupine

Other Entries

Columbia River Gorge - April

Boundary Falls, MRNP

BOEAPLS Members Descending Ellinor

Bandera east ridge

Forbidden from Eldorado.

Little Tahoma and Mount Rainier

Dog Mt.

[May (Apr-June)]

1st and 2nd Place

Milkyway over Fremont Lookout

On Miller Peak

Tie for 3rd, 4th and 5th Place

Bitterroot

Dungeness Trail - May

Tarn near Kopeetah Divide

Other Entries

Abandoned Farm & Farmhouse Mansfied

Palouse Falls resident rodent [DH]

Golden Light over the North Cascades

TankLakes

Lady of the Lake Drops off

Dome Peak

Ducks in the fog

Snoq. Mtn.

Chelan Sawtooths Spring

Aurora storm above Stuart Range and Cle Elum

Mason Lake

Sunrise Day Lodge in the spring

[June (thru July)]

1st and 2nd Place

White Pass environs.

Morning mist at Glacier Lake

3rd and 4th Place

Paradise, MRNP

wildflowers in Horseshoe Basin

Other Entries

Lillian Ridge, ONP - June

Tiny Mirrors

Blue Waters near High Pass

Spring Flowers

Last bit to the top of Tatoosh Peak 6310.'

Image Lake

Light and shadow on a cold Warm Lake

Alpine Camp B&W

Whittier Peak from Poe Mountain summit

Past their prime

Bee the Wallflower

June

Big Snow

Mount Rainier from Skyscraper

Colonial and Pyramid

Mount Cruiser

Alaskan Yellow Cedar at Boulder Lake

[July (thru Aug)]

1st and 2nd Place

Silver Lake and Mt Spickard from Mt Rahm

Mary's Pass

3rd and 4th Place

Glorious evening at Frenzel Camp in the Pickets

Hiking Above Image Lake

Other Entries

Harry's Ridge, Mount Saint Helens

Mt St Helens from Johnston Ridge

July

Lookout on Desolation Peak.

Mt. Adams sunrise from Goat Rocks

A photographer gets his shot

North Cascades splendor from Easy Pass

Burn

Lake Ingalls

A local on Miller Peak.

Warm Lake

Inspiration

The Mount Rainier Show

Devil's Horn over Devil's Washbasin

Needle Rock

Mt. Rainier and Photographer

Entrance to Kendall Katwalk

Scenic lower tarn at 5500ft on Big Snow

[August (July-Sep)]

1st and 2nd Place

Mt. Baker

Eldorado from Sibley Ridge

3rd and 4th Place

Second Beach Sunset [DH]

Angels over Mount Rainier

Other Entries

On the Cool Glacier at dawn

Tolmie Peak

Norway Pass

Sunrise from the summit of East Fury

Lower Lewis River Falls, WA

Upper Keekwulee Falls

Foggy morning on Sheep Lake

PCT near Harts Pass

South Sisters summit views

Thunder Knob

Velvet green meadows, Foam Creek Basin

walk in the fog (1 of 1)

Moonrise and Sunset

Scrambling heaven, Twin Peaks

Skookum and The Louvre.

[September (Aug-Oct)]

1st and 2nd Place

Super Moon rising over Central Cascades

Ramparts & clouds

Tie for 3rd and 4th Place

Bird Lake & Devore Peak

Autumn splendor @ Rampart Lakes

Other Entries

Crater lake. Sawtooths.

Boca Cave

Chain Lakes Trail, Mt. Baker

Little Giant Pass

Big Beaver

Baker Lake

Nirvana

Picture Lake [DH]

Goat Lake - Goat Rocks

Thorton Lakes

Bear Grass Naches Peak Loop

The Approach

Sand dune at Frenchman Coulee

Early Autumn Reflections

Along the Way

[October (Larch)]

1st and 2nd Place

Larches are the best!

Hiking Into Golden Larches

3rd and 4th Place

NWHikers @Hanging Gardens

Late afternoon light on Buttermilk Ridge

Other Entries

Temple Ridge

Williams Lake

Lewis Lake

Sahale Arm [DH]

Heather Pass Larches

Twin lakes

The Temple in the Enchantments

South Fork Hoh trail - October

Late larch homestead

Lake Ida

Cooney Lake

Larch, Upper Cathedral Lake

Sams River 101116 01

Larch Bursting at the Seams

Framed by... The Larch

Fall falls

Junction of Teanaway Ridge and County Line Trails.

Heather Pass

Windy Buffalo looks over Larches

Fall and winter combine from Carne Mountain.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Ingalls Larch

Descending Old Baldy, Carbon River

Horseshoe Basin

[November (Oct-Dec)]

1st and 2nd Place

Mount Thomson Alpenglow

Columbia River Gorge

3rd and Tie for 4th and 5th Place

Dazzling Light over Blewett Pass

Ruby Beach, ONP - November

Other Entries

Mt. Shuksan and Huntoon Point from the Kulshan Ridge (Artist Point)

Gem lake [DH]

Climber near Snoqualmie East summit

Sunrise in the clouds

Chimney Rock from Thorp Mtn

On the Edge

mount dickerman (8 of 10)

Sunset over Padilla Bay

Invitation to adventure

[December (Nov-Jan)]

1st and 2nd Place

Stars above Clark Mtn, Royal Basin

Snowshoer disappears in a cathedral of ice on the east ridge of Union

3rd and Tie for 4th and 5th Place

Truck Town from Mt Si

Winter Hex

Camp Muir

Other Entries

winter storm

Hurricane Hill - December

From Dickerman at Dawn

December

Ice and Rainbows

Winter fun

[Tom]

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