Your Outdoors Photos: December 2016

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Thu., Dec. 1, 2016

Photos in This Album

alpine glow at 49 Degrees North

Photographer: Ben Page
alpine glow

Photographer: Ben Page
Blue Bay Wildlife Area on Lake Coeur d' Alene, 1/6/2017

Photographer: Susan Orlowski
Drifting on the Palouse, 1/4/2017

Photographer: Sue Orlowski
Winter wonderland at Mt. Spokane, 1/6/2017

Photographer: Sue Orlowski
Winter on the Palouse, Eastern Washington.

Photographer: Tiffany Hansen
Ice climber Jess Roskelley of Spokane leads a route up in the mist along side of 185-foot Palouse Falls on Dec. 18.

Photographer: Rika Ream
Snowshoer Tyler Nyman nears the frost top of Mount Spokane.

Photographer: Shuwen Wang
Palouse Falls, mostly frozen on Dec. 18.

Photographer: Rika Ream
Quartz Mountain Lookout in Mount Spokane State Park on Dec. 18.

Photographer: Todd Dunfield
Trevor Donelan, age 13, ice fishing Dec. 17 at Bear Lake. He and his dad Jim caught perch, and also a trout and a catfish. Trevor caught the first fish of the day!

Photographer: Mary Beth Donelan
Winter on the Spokane River at the Swinging Bridge and Bowl and Pitcher area.

Photographer: Craig Goodwin
'The stare down', eagle watching at Wolf Lodge Bay - Dec. 18.

Photographer: Michele Palmer
Eagle watching at Wolf Lodge Bay - December 18, 2016

Photographer: Michele Palmer
Wild 'snow' turkeys for the holiday season outside of Cheney, Dec. 16.

Photographer: Cindy Miller
Moonset at 8:40 a.m on a cold Dec. 14 as seen from the South Hill.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
A multi-exposure image sequence of a bald eagle snatching a spawning kokanee from Wolf Lodge Bay.

Photographer: Myk Crawford
Ready for take off on a very cold morning at Lake C'dA on Dec. 14.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney Wa.
A bald eagle waits for lunch to swim by Higgen's Point on Lake Coeur d'Alene.

Photographer: Bruce Turner
Iconic barn just east of Colfax, Washington.

Photographer: Mike Gass
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Saturday night at the CdA Resort.

Photographer: Tiffany Hansen
Snowshoeing on Mount Spokane.

Photographer: Holly Weiler
Paddling toward a "cool" run of lower Spokane River whitewater on Dec. 10.

Photographer: Brian Jamieson
Paddling toward a "cool" run of lower Spokane River whitewater on Dec. 10.

Photographer: Brian Jamieson
Backcountry snowboarding above Priest Lake.

Photographer: Jason Hershey
Heading to work on wind turbines Wednesday morning.

Photographer: David Phillips
Eagles have landed (and taken off) at Higgens Point. Taken 12-8.

Photographer: Steve Davidson
An eagle stands guard over Higgens Point

Photographer: Bruce Turner
Re-thinking the day's choice of wheels west of Spokane on Dec. 5.

Photographer: Michael Emde
Big Rock and the Rocks of Sharon in the Dishman Hills Conservation Area of Spokane Valley.

Photographer: Mary Weathers
After teaching Nordic skiing classes most of the day on Dec. 4 at Mount Spokane, the sunset rewarded me with this treat as I skied back on Valley View Trail.

Photographer: Jayne McLaughlin
Here's a 26-inch Spokane River brown trout caught caught and released in December on the Spokane River.

Photographer: Sean Zenishek
A beautiful Bull Elk taken on Turnbull wildlife refuge early morning just before the fog came in. Nov 27 16.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney Wa.
Farm on WA-261 outside Ritzville, Washington. Taken on Nov. 11, 2016.

Photographer: Jennie Mills
Palouse Falls on Nov. 11, 2016

Photographer: Jennie Mills
Palouse Falls on Nov. 11, 2016

Photographer: Jennie Mills
Palouse Falls on Nov. 11, 2016

Photographer: Jennie Mills