A selection of some of my favourite images from a 2009 expedition to the Central Alaska Range
Ruth Amphitheater moonscape
The Great Sentinels of the Ruth Gorge
High noon, Mount Dickey
Into the wilds
Ethereal crevasse formations, Ruth Glacier
Snow flutings and threatening skies, Peak 11,300
The calm after the storm, Ruth Gorge
Mount Bradley with a fresh plumage of white
Looking into the depths of the Ruth Gorge
Midnight ambience from the summit of Mount Church
Alaskan sunrise![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLx-jrARKVTb6iwybijXU7qkofUb0w-HpvJcOSxDDgOsO-WHO6HvSAAppq8lPMs33VEV3cr5eQIWVlZ36YWDcGBKKNCUWOZ7vchzDdZE6NQuUVWtydTh6QhElfSmZJGeTJ_5_cv3LY/s400/P1000643.jpg)
Alpenglow
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The vast north face of Mount Hunter
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Mount Hunter moonrise
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Late-night alpenglow illuminates Mount Foraker
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Late night, Kahiltna Glacier
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Sunset over the distant Alaskan giants, viewed from the relative civilisation of Susitna River