From cowboying in the snow to painting underwater, see the eight award winning “outdoor adventures” from this year’s Nature’s Best Photography contest.
Each year, the Nature’s Best Photography Awards showcases some of the most beautiful and rarely seen aspects of wildlife. But in the Outdoor Adventure category, we don’t just get to admire landscapes; we also get an understanding of the courage it takes to truly enter them.
From frozen summits to tropical seas, here’s eight award-winning photos that will make you itch to pack a bag, tighten your boots and step into the wild.1. Skiing The North (Rogers Pass, British Columbia) — Category Winner
In this image, we see a lone skier arcs across a vast, untouched slope beneath the winter sun, high in Canada’s Selkirk Mountains. As seen in Skiing the North, Rogers Pass lies within Glacier National Park: an alpine corridor of nearly 521 square miles (1,350 km²) that’s famed for its deep powder, avalanche chutes and breathtaking isolation.
Glacier National Park, as a whole, is the perfect pilgrimage site for backcountry skiers and mountaineers alike. It demands both technical skill and humility before nature’s power. 2. Reflected Serenity (Honeymoon Island State Park, Florida)
Honeymoon Island State Park is a protected area that spans across 385 acres (156 hectares) of the Gulf of Mexico. At sunset, it mirrors the sky in rose and gold. As we can see from this image, an outdoor adventure can be as simple as standing still, but only if you do it long enough to notice the world breathing back at you.3. Night With The Ancients (Baobab Alley, Madagascar)
Under a sprawl of southern stars, here we see the towering silhouettes of Madagascar’s legendary baobab trees (Adansonia grandidieri).
