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oldoutdoorbroad.bsky.social
These are Desert Lilies, bulb plants unique to this part of the southwestern desert. They only appear if the right conditions are met, particularly the amount of rain we get prior to Nov. We got a lot of rain at the end of the summer so I'm hoping for a good "lily" season. So far I've seen one!
December 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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jamiedixon.bsky.social
Above the clouds on Skiddaw Summit 3 years ago ☺️ #mountains #greatoutdoors #wonderful_places #cloud #inversion #winter #snow #wainwrights #lakedistrictnationalpark
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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beckyjlomax.bsky.social
An easy short hike climbs from Moraine Park to lilypad-filled Cub Lake.

Rocky Mountain National Park
#nationalparks #hikiing #trails #rockymountain #parks
Lake is filled with green lily pads and surrounded by a foreground boulder on the right and background hillside with burned trees from a fire and mountains behind. A few puffy clouds are in the sky.
December 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
oldoutdoorbroad.bsky.social
Bird bath.
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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jimearl6.bsky.social
Morning mist in the valley and the snow covered Coniston Fells crisp and sharp in the clear blue sky. #lakedistrict #thelakedistrict #lakedistrictuk #lakedistrictnationalpark #hikingthelakes #fellwalking #hiking
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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May 23, 1983: My first climb in the Bald Mountains, the state line range just northeast of the Smokies, was long and steep.

#backpacking #hiking #AppalachianTrail
We are standing atop a lofty mountain in a sun-drenched meadow filled with bright green spring grass. The meadow also covers the very top of the steeply sloping mountainside. Dozens of wildflowers speckle the meadow: bright white dandelions and bright yellow daffodils. Around the meadow treetops poking up from the wooded mountainsides are also flowering or sprouting out bright spring green leaves. In the hazy distance, rugged green mountain ranges and farming valleys cascade to the horizon. Puffy white clouds streak across a soft blue sky.
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
oldoutdoorbroad.bsky.social
A wild donkey along the road at Lake Martinez.
December 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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paulsea.bsky.social
#hiking to Garfield Ledge near North Bend, WA. You can just make out the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River through the clouds.
View from Garfield Ledge in the clouds
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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dukelives.bsky.social
Out exploring a route above a canyon about 2 miles from our home in Hillsboro New Mexico. I want to build a trail here, but it’s seriously rugged- might have to be a cairn route in spots. Beautiful stream down below! #southwest #hike #explore #protectpubliclands #resist #outdoors #canyon
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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beckyjlomax.bsky.social
Okay Weather Gods! If we can't have snow for skiing with all this deluge of rain, can we please go back to summer for backpacking?

Jedediah Smith Wilderness, Teton Mountains
#wilderness #weather #wildflowers #hiking #backpacking #winter
Four backpackers walk on a trail through a thigh-high meadow of wildflowers with a mountain in the left background.
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
oldoutdoorbroad.bsky.social
Good morning my beautiful desert!
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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beckyjlomax.bsky.social
Some snowcoaches go to Norris Geyser Basin for a romp around Porcelain Basin. It's an ice and steam wonderland in winter.

Yellowstone National Park
#nationalparks #geysers #winter #wintertravel
Six hikers climb an icy, snowy boardwalk in the basin. Steam emits from background and foreground pools.
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Little Painted Desert near Winslow, Arizona. April 1984. A colorful labyrinth of eroded rock formations and box canyons.

#hiking #Southwest #desert
Beneath a deep blue desert sky with streaky white clouds we are standing atop a cracked and fractured pinkish violet rock looking down several hundred feet into a landscape of narrow shallow canyons and rock formations below. There are striations of color throughout: chalky white, blue gray, pinkish violet, brown. A scattering of olive green shrubs are the only signs of life in an otherwise barren scene.
December 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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May 16, 1983: The rain continued to slacken, finally tapering off by mid-morning. We had a late start to Fontana, but it was only a seven-mile hike. The sun began to break out as we climbed the Yellow Creek Range.

#backpacking #hiking #AppalachianTrail
We are standing high atop a mountain. The sun is shining brightly. We are standing beside a flowering tree looking out at other trees covered with small bright green sprouting leaves or white buds. Below us is a valley with a large hydroelectric dam and its lake. The trees below us are intensely green, it is late spring down there. Although we cannot see the sky in this photo, the shadows below tell us it is mostly sunny in and around the valley. Beyond the lake the forested slopes of a towering mountain range rise from the lake, eventually disappearing into a deck of clouds sitting over the mountaintops.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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beckyjlomax.bsky.social
Teton Park Road closes in winter from Taggart Lake Trailhead to Signal Mountain. It is groomed for skiing and snowshoeing starting soon in mid-December--an easy, flat scenic winter route!

Grand Teton National Park
#nationalparks #skiing #snowshoeing #winterfun #winter #GrandTeton #Tetons
A skier with a pack and yellow jacket skis on the flats below the snowy Tetons.
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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paulsea.bsky.social
From the archives, #hiking along Puget Sound on one of the San Juan Islands.
Photo of tide pool in the San Juan Islands
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
oldoutdoorbroad.bsky.social
A portion of the Tetons.
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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beckyjlomax.bsky.social
Snow is here! Wheeeeee! Digging my skis out today to enjoy winter.

Skiers at Bowman Lake
Glacier National Park
#nationalparks #skiing #winter #snow #Glacier
Four skiers stand on the frozen lake covered with snow and ski tracks. Blue skies are overhead with snow-covered peaks in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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fredhikes.bsky.social
June of 2024 while cutting poison oak off of a local hiking trail, one of the volunteers got this photograph of a hawk
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
oldoutdoorbroad.bsky.social
Fog in the desert...
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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kerrieneet.bsky.social
Happy Sunday! I love finding unknown canyons in rarely visited places. So many gems when you spend the time and effort to get out and look around.

#Stunday #nature #utah #ColoraDay #OrangeSun #hiking #ProtectOurPublicLands #backpacking #photobyraykenny #ShotsInSlots #wildplaces #offtrail
Happy Sunday! I love finding unknown canyons in rarely visited places. So many gems when you spend the time and effort to get out and look around. #Stunday #nature #utah #ColoraDay #OrangeSun #hiking #ProtectOurPublicLands #backpacking #photobyraykenny #ShotsInSlots #wildplaces #offtrail
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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jimearl6.bsky.social
Approaching the summit of Talaia d’Alcudia looking across the bay of pollenca

#talaiadalcudia #alcudia #mallorca #hikingmallorca
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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thenextsummit.bsky.social
What’s the most overlooked Leave No Trace principle on busy trails?

#ColoradoHiking #LeaveNoTrace
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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kerrieneet.bsky.social
This tree had so much character; bowing and pointing to the Navajo Sandstone Buttes behind it.

#TreeTrunkTuesday #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnloved #landscape #ProtectOurPublicLands #Utah #backpacking #hiking
This tree had so much character; bowing and pointing to the Navajo Sandstone Buttes behind it. #TreeTrunkTuesday #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnloved #landscape #ProtectOurPublicLands #Utah #backpacking #hiking
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM