The sun attempts to break through the clouds during a snow shower on Stevens Pass in Washington.

Admiring the Milky Way galaxy in the dark night skies of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Waterpocket Fold in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Sunset light shines on the red rock cliffs of the Fremont River Valley in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Towering sandstone peaks command the rugged desert wilderness of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

The dramatic desert wilderness of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Last light of the day touches the dramatic cliffs of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Capitol Reef National Park's dramatic rugged wilderness in Utah.

The rugged eastern canyons of Zion National Park in Utah.

A dry streambed over slickrock in the eastern canyons of Zion National Park in Utah.

Looking down the rugged slickrock canyons of Zion National Park in Utah.

Sunset above the clouds in the Mount Baker Wilderness in Washington.

Clouds roll over a ridge in the Mount Baker Wilderness in Washington's North Cascades.

Fog fills the valley beneath Canadian Border Peak and American Border Peak which you guessed it, marks the international boundary of America and Canada as seen from the Mount Baker Wilderness in Washington.

A ridge emerges out of the swirling clouds in the North Cascades of Washington.

Mount Baker sits above cotton candy colored clouds on a surreal sunset in the Mount Baker Wilderness in Washington.

Wildflower filled alpine meadows sit beneath the cone of Mount Baker in Washington.

Wildflowers blanket an alpine meadow near an unnamed lake in the Beartooth Mountains on the border of Wyoming and Montana.

Hiking among the colorful alpine meadows of the Beartooth Mountains high country on the border of Wyoming and Montana.

Dramatic granite walls stand above camp in the Wind River Range in Wyoming.

Looking into a dramatic glacier carved valley toward the Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range in Wyoming.

Granite slopes extend towards the incomparable Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range in Wyoming.