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Vote for the 2025 Hikers’ Choice Photo Winner

September 5, 2025 by GMC Staff 4 Comments

With over 200 entries submitted to this year’s photo contest, it was difficult to narrow down our selections but we managed to choose 14 photos to include in the Hikers’ Choice vote. These photos embody unique or memorable elements of the hiking experience or struck our eye in a unique way.

Please vote only once using the Google Form below. Voting will be open for a week, and close on Friday, September 12. Hiker’s Choice winners, along with the Grand Prize winner and winners of each of the four categories (Hikers, Scenes and Landscapes, Flora and Fauna, and Trail Features) will be announced on September 15.

Vote Here

Red Sumac, by Rachel Norton

 

Resting in Different Ways, by Dana Dwinell-Yardley

 

Hiking in the Clouds, by Gretchen Alexander

 

First Camel’s Hump Summit, by William Tyler

 

Mansfield in the Clouds, by David Casarella

 

Walking the Puncheon, by Jackie McDaniel

 

Up for Dawn, by Joe Iadanza

 

Happy Holidays, by Julie Ruegsegger

 

Red Eft, by Krista Cheney

 

Sunset Ridge Foliage, by Leo He

 

View of Stratton Forest Ranger Cabin from Tower, by Jim Pease

 

Division One Pond, by Phil Hough

 

30+ Years of Annual Solstice Hike, by Scott Barnicle

 

Misty Dawn, by Tian Feng

 

Vote Here

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Comments

  1. Sharon Hettinger says

    September 5, 2025 at 2:02 pm

    Tough decision…but I rather like MISTY DAWN, as it’s rather ethereal….and hints as promises to come.

    Reply
  2. Pete Saile says

    September 5, 2025 at 6:31 pm

    Nice choices this year

    Reply
  3. Lynette Novick says

    September 6, 2025 at 1:55 pm

    They are all so great; I cannot choose just one.

    Reply
  4. Susan Diamond says

    September 7, 2025 at 5:14 pm

    Red Eft

    Reply

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