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Northern California mountain ranges from Mt. Ashland in Southern Oregon
Another photo today from Mt. Ashland as the sun was beginning to set last week. I’d really like to head back up there for a sunrise before the snow makes it impossible. Mt. Shasta didn’t look so great at sundown, but I think it could look great from Mt. Ashland at daybreak.
Sunset facing Medford from the top of Mt. Ashland
The lights in the distance are in Medford. I took this photo from the top of Mt. Ashland in late August. There aren’t many days in the year when you can get to the top of Mt. Ashland in a car (because of snow).
For a reverse view (from Medford during the day), a couple months earlier, check out this pic.
Wildflowers and distant mountain ranges from Mt. Ashland
I have posted quite a few photos with Mt. Ashland in the background. Today’s pic is a little different as I took it last night while walking to the top of Mt. Ashland while looking south (into California mostly). The mountainside was covered in wild flowers. I couldn’t see all of the mountain ranges in the distance a few minutes before with the bright, summer sun. But as soon as the sun began to set, everything came into focus. It was that magical 10 minutes of the day that happens only at dawn or dusk.
While this kind of photo is the more common one you see of Mt. Ashland looking across town, you can also get pictures, like today’s, from some of the farms and pastures that grace the Grizzly side of the valley. I had to get to just the right point along this fence to have Mt. Ashland squeeze in between the gate and trees.
This is what Mt. Ashland usually looks like in early May. I took this photo in mid-June (after several warm days) of this year. Although the lifts closed back in April, I heard people were still skiing in June.
I’m in Copenhagen, Denmark (at least I hope I am–I have actually pre-blogged this to post when I’m in Denmark). But this was the view a week and a half ago from Medford on the Bear Creek Greenway which runs from Ashland all the way to Central Point. From this vantage point on the bike overpass you get a clear view of Mt. Ashland and the I-5 sign pointing you to Ashland.
This much snow left on Mt. Ashland in mid-June is possibly a first. The field at my feet when I took this photo was loaded with wildflowers. I wish I had gotten there about an hour earlier, though, as the sun was too bright (even though it was before 8 a.m.). I’ll have to try photographing from this location again at dusk.
You can see my location in this photo. I was, what appears to be, halfway up Grizzly Peak in that picture. In reality, I was no where near halfway up the mountain.
My new lens (Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF Lens) arrived in the mail a couple days ago. I had to go pick up Ellie across town at her flute lesson so I took it and my camera in case I arrived early and could try it out. I only had a minute so I took a grand total of one picture with it. This was the result of its first ever use.
A 50mm lens isn’t really a landscape lens, but I think this turned out OK. I cropped the top and bottom off the original to give it more of a panorama feel. I purchased this lens more for low-light photography and concerts. The 50mm, prime lens is tiny and light compared to my 18-200mm lens but not nearly as versatile. I hope to test it out more tomorrow night.
There is a saying that “many roads lead to the top of Mt. Fuji,” but the same is also true for Mt. Ashland. Here is one such road. This one begins by going down for a few dozen yards, but it is all uphill from there.
Ten years ago we moved to Ashland from San Jose, California. Things haven’t changed much in Ashland during those ten years. When we got here in 2000, it was freezing, one of our Japanese Maples was in full fall splendor, and the other had lost all of its leaves. That’s the same condition as things today.
Today’s photo was taken a couple weeks ago. Going from the left, about 30% into the photo is Pilot Rock. About 75% into the photo from the left is Mt. Ashland.