Mentors Trek to Crater Lake and Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Last week Reed Hoffman and I spent a few days with a group of Trekkers exploring the Columbia River Gorge and Crater Lake National Park. We had some fabulous opportunities to capture stunning natural landscapes as well as the serene evening colors of  the city of Portland. Although the weather threatened to hamper our fun, we waited it out, rising to a glorious, wintery looking morning during our stay at Crater Lake National Park. The trees were covered in snow and what could have been a difficult experience turned in to one of the most beautiful scenes I've experienced on any of my many Treks with the Mentors Series. The photos below highlight some of the fun and learning we all had as we traveled the state talking about photography and enjoying the company of like minded individuals. Join us on ne of our next Treks, mine being the wonderful horse country of Kentucky this fall. 
D414563 | Mentor Reed Hoffman gives an opening program for our Oregon Mentors Trek.
D414636 | Mentor Series Trekkers shooting the setting sun over the Portlands skyline and Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.
D414568 | Milt and Jerry are all smiles on the first night of our Mentors Trek to Portland, Oregon.
D414649 | Daniel Cox shooting the evening colors of a setting sun over the skyline of Portland, Oregon.
D414660 | Mentor Series Trekkers shooting the setting sun over the Portlands skyline and Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.
D414697 | Joel Kleiner makes his way down the ramp to a fishing pier on the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.
D414731 | Reed Hoffman gives some tips on the finer points of photography during the Mentors Series Trek to Oregon.
D414737 | Reed Hoffman gives some tips on the finer points of photography during the Mentors Series Trek to Oregon.
D414741 | Mnentor Series Trekkers on the job in Oregon.
D414743 | Super Mentor Reed Hoffman on the job, train gin all that are willing on our Mentors trek in Oregon.
D414744 | Mentor Series Trekkers shooting the Columbia River, Oregon.
D414751 | All smiles after getting some great pictures during the Oregon Mentor Series.
D414758 | Reed Hoffman gives some tips on the finer points of photography during the Mentors Series Trek to Oregon.
D414763 | Colors and stairs of the Vista House, Oregon.
D414767 | Shooting from the Vista House down on to the columbia River, Oregon.
D414774 | Trekkers take the trail to the waterfalls along the Columbia River Gorge. Oregon.
D414789 | Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
D414809 | Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
D414823 | Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
D414852 | Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
D414874 | Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
D415407 | A pine cone rests in a rotting log covered with pine needles. Oregon.
D415411 | A pine cone rests in a rotting log covered with pine needles. Oregon.
D415420 | Pine cones on the forest floor, Oregon.
D415427 | Pine cones on the forest floor, Oregon.
D415434 | Pine cones on the forest floor, Oregon.
D415443 | Patterns of needles and leaves on the forest floor in Oregon.
D415449 | Up close and personal with the details of the forest in Oregon.
D415454 | Up close and personal with the details of the forest in Oregon.
D415486 | Reed Hoffman works with Trekkers to get eye level images of a river otter in the otter exhibit at the High Plains Museum near Bend, Oregon.
D415492 | Details of the Crater Lake Lodge, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415498 | Details of the Crater Lake Lodge, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415516 | Snow covered Mountain hemlock near the lodge of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415529 | Snow covered Mountain hemlock near the lodge of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415538 | Mountain hemlock (T. mertensiana) near the lodge of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415550 | Crater Lake Lodge, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415556 | Looking down onto Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415566 | A view from the rim of Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415593 | Snow covered Mountain hemlock trees in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
D415628 | Wizard Island in Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
D415646 | Reed Hoffman shooting photos of Wizard Island in Crater lake National Park, Oregon on a Mentors Trek.
D415697 | Wizard island in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
D415719 | Looking down onto Wizard Island from the volcano caldera of Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415761 | Reed Hoffman shooting photos of Wizard Island in Crater lake National Park, Oregon on a Mentors Trek.
D415779 | Joel Kleiner on the edge of the Crater Lake caldera, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415824 | Looking out from the Crater Lake lodge on a snowy cold day. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415833 | Vistas of Crater Lake. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415837 | Vistas of Crater Lake. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415887 | Vistas of Wizard island, Crater Lake. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415890 | Trekkers explore the forest around Crater Lake National park, Oregon.
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D415897 | Mentor Reed Hoffman shooting in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415928 | Trekkers explore the caldera rim of Crater Lake, Crater Lake Natioanl Park, Oregon.
D415934 | Mentor Reed Hoffman and Trekker Joel Kleiner explore the caldera ridge of Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
D415895 | Daniel Cox, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
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