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Europe National Park Photos

Europe showcases a different kind of wilderness experience, one where mountains and rivers are often paired with mountain huts and cable cars reaching the tops of the peaks. But that doesn’t make the landscape any less rugged or spectacular. In this gallery you will find photos of my favorite moments from my hikes around various European National Parks.

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Spirited Away
Low clouds drift like aimless spirits through the valleys below the Cirque de Gavarnie
La Cour Arrière
Vignemale is the highest peak in the French Pyrenees, and is literally in the backyard (la cour arrière) of the local mountain refuge
Tre Cime Blast
The iconic Tre Cime skyline forms the backdrop to a dramatic lightshow in northern Italy
Witness
What a privilege to witness this stunning sunrise at Lago Sorapis, Italy
Look Again
A trick of geometry leads to an interesting reflection on Lago Sorapis, Italy
Too Easy
Standing on the porch of a rifugio, beer in one hand, remote shutter release in the other, it was all too easy to photograph this stunning view in the Dolomites
Optical Illusion
Unique geology leads to a mind-twisting reflection on Lago Sorapis, Italy
Paradise Gardens
Fields of rhododendrons sit above a gurgling cascade in Aiguestortes National Park in the Spanish Pyrenees
Cool Blue
Lago Sorapis takes on an otherworldly color in the afternoon sunlight
Road of Rhodies
A path winds its way past endless rhododendrons in Aiguestortes National Park in Spain
Water Clock
A stream drops over rocky steps with perfect precision and regularity in Spain's Monte Perdido National Park
A King's View
Spectacular mountains rise in the valleys near Amitges Refugi in Aiguestortes National Park
Sparkle
Morning sunlight ignites a field of globeflower below Cinque Torri in the Dolomites
Rugged and Refined
Incredibly rugged mountains rise, seemingly wild as can be, yet roads, villages, and mountain huts lie in between each massif
Mordor Rising
Impossibly steep spires rise out of moody clouds as seen in the Dolomites
Rush
A lively creek rushes downhill through a stunning valley deep in Spain's Aiguestortes National Park
Sluice
Roaring water catapults down a narrow canyon in Monte Perdido National Park in Spain. Photographing this from only a foot away from the edge was a mildly terrifying experience
A Night at the Opera
Endless layers of rock and cloud in the Dolomites, Italy
Afloat
Mountains float on a sea of clouds in the Cirque de Gavarnie

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