After a gruelling hike into the Southern Picket Range in the Cascade Mountains, where few skiers have ever been, I sit on the clearest night looking up at the stars. While cold snow blows around my camera, I photograph our tracks (right) coming down the slopes of Glee Mountain and the stars above.

After a gruelling hike into the Southern Picket Range in the Cascade Mountains, where few skiers have ever been, I sit on the clearest night looking up at the stars. While cold snow blows around my camera, I photograph our tracks (right) coming down the slopes of Glee Mountain and the stars above.