Photographer
Jason Hummel
Gig Harbor, Washington State, USA
Camera: Sony A1
- Issues
- 12
- Stories
- 13
- First issue
- 2012
- Latest issue
- 2025
Stories by Jason Hummel
USA · Cascade Range
Mountain Prophet
“What were you doing – waterskiing?” inquired an old man in a tee shirt and shorts. No water, hat, or even hair on his head, but he was on a quest. “I want to see the lake one last time, ” he offered. Three corners onward, I could no longer hold my mirth and laughed. “Waterskiing, of all things, ” …
2025 · Jason Hummel · 3 min
USA · Cascade Range
Tracing the Ice
Ice is a book, a story of Earth’s past. Only near the very end of their eons-old story do you find lines written by humans. What are their stories? What brought them to those icy shores? Where have my own tracks intersected theirs – and how long will those faint lines endure before the next storm …
2025 · Jason Hummel · 3 min
USA · Cascade Mountains (Mt. Baker)
Something of the Marvelous
Hidden among vast green forests and thousands of jagged peaks lie the five volcanic monarchs of Washington State's Cascade Mountains, known as Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount Adams …
2023 · Jason Hummel · 4 min
USA · Stuart Range
Tour of the Enchantments
The Stuart Range lies between dry desert and verdant forests. A topography of steep, weather-worn granite towers, of which ten rank among the 100 highest peaks in Washington State, dominates the glacial-carved valleys. Cupped in every low spot are lakes. They reside where once…
2022 · Jason Hummel · 4 min
USA · North Cascades
The Land of the Swan
Of all the magical places in the North Cascades, a few particularly enchanting remote spots have escaped my attempts to visit them. Among these is a spear of mountains thrusting itself beyond the …
2021 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
USA · Olympic Mountains
Mt. Anderson and The Three Magellan’s
In 1890, while on a pioneering climb of the Anderson Glacier, deep within Washington State's Olympic National Park, Private Harry Fischer postulated, "...man may never know how deep, the snow, and …
2020 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
USA · Olympic National Park (Mt. Olympus)
Tour of the Gods
"Did you go to the top and ski it?", a six-year-old boy blurts as I exit the Olympic Mountains after eight days. When I tell him we most certainly did, he loudly declares, "I'm going to do that!" …
2018 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
USA · Chilliwack Mountains (North Cascades)
Just like Lions
"Go there," I was told. Years after this suggestion I dangled above Depot Falls. With my fate entrusted to a branch, I understood and quickly became mesmerized by the thunderous rumble of glacier …
2017 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
USA · North Cascades
The Forbidden Tour
The Forbidden Tour, pioneered in the late 1990s, has become renown by Washington State's tight knit backcountry ski community as a cascade classic. Not only does this route pierce the heart of North …
2016 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
USA · Olympic Mountains
Olympic Wilderness
Out my front door, three blocks down 30th Street, is a trail that takes me to the shores of Commencement Bay and from there, in the distance, rise the Olympic Mountains. I'm not alone with my view; a …
2016 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
USA · Cascades (Glacier Peak Wilderness)
The Painted Traverse
With 894 square miles of wilderness, it's not hard to discover corners of Washington's Glacier Peak Wilderness I've ignored. That being said, I've seen a lot of it. Months of my life have been spent …
2015 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
USA (Alaska) · Chugach Mountains / Tordrillo Mountains
AK Dreams – Even better than Powder
The staggering Mount Spurr volcano (3,374 meters) jutted above the surrounding peaks and crevasses glowed in the late evening sun, taunting us with its majesty. My eyes lit up as I spotted a huge …
2013 · Holly Walker · 6 min
USA · Cascade Range (Picket Range)
Just a Picket
"Where am I?" I'd wonder, once again awakening cold and shivering. Looking up, I see the specter of my nightmares looming overhead, beguiling me with her contours of ridge and arcs of slope. I try to …
2012 · Jason Hummel · 6 min
Story locations
Ranges & regions: Cascade Range · Cascade Mountains (Mt. Baker) · Stuart Range · North Cascades · Olympic Mountains · Olympic National Park (Mt. Olympus) · Chilliwack Mountains (North Cascades) · Cascades (Glacier Peak Wilderness) · Chugach Mountains / Tordrillo Mountains · Cascade Range (Picket Range)
