I feel fortunate to live in a place where mountains are surrounded, and I am always drawn to visit them. This is partly because I admire the beauty and magnificence of mountains, and they make nice subject to be photographed. But more importantly, I enjoy the simplistic lifestyle when I am in the mountains and the deep connection with nature where we all came from initially.

Near where I live, there are a couple of very photogenic mountains, and Mt.Baker is one of them. This area holds the world record of most amount of snowfall during a single winter season, and is my favorite place to go in winter.

This image was taken on an overnight snowshoe backpacking trip after a big dump of snow in deep water. We spent 7-8 hours breaking through deep snow up 4000 feet to a ridge where Mt.Baker stands right in front of our camp. The night was calm and in the next morning I walked around the camp and found some snow-covered pine trees framing Mt.Baker in the distance. This was such a peaceful moment to be memorized and I am glad I have a photo with it.