Leap Day: 8 Photos to Jump Start Your Hiking Season

Sometimes the views on trail are just so good, you have to catch some air. Happy Leap Day, everyone! Here are a few past photos submissions from our annual Northwest Exposure Photo Contest to help you spring into, er, spring.

Shuksan sunset from the ridge on the west side of Lake Ann. Photo by Nick Danielson

Great Blue Heron Taking Off in Olympic National Park. Photo by Mary Campbell

Diving into Ross Lake for a swim after a long day on Desolation Peak. Photo by David Baxter

Deer surfing the waves at Shi Shi beach. Photo by Susan Duthweiler

Mount Rainier mountain hop from the Alta Vista Trail. Photo by Gavin Danapon

A young goat was following mom when he cleared this 12 ft gap. Photo by Jake Gentry

A climber boulder hopping up to Black Peak. Photo by Sammy Davis

Olympic marmot takes flight on the Big Quilcene Trail. Photo by Amy Kennedy