Looking for a truly otherworldly place to elope? Death Valley National Park should be high on your list! This desert landscape feels like exploring another planet. The colorful soil layers make for a stunning backdrop to your images, and the massive park offers lots of locations to find privacy. Summer is too damn hot, so consider Death Valley for your winter elopement!!

Alabama Hills is the perfect place for an adventurous elopement! And there’s nothing more beautiful and adventurous than a sunrise ceremony in the desert, followed by climbing amongst the granite boulders. Check out this blog for more photos of this spectacularly unique California wedding!

This cute family session in the desert outside Bishop, California took place at sunrise with the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains in the background. Check out the blog for adorable photos of their rescue cat & dog!

Taylor & Piper’s sunset hiking elopement in the North Cascades began with a row around at Twin Lakes and continued up the trail to Winchester Mountain Lookout. The evening turned out to be one of the most beautiful cotton candy skies colorful sunsets I’ve ever seen!

Maple Pass is one of my favorite fall hikes in North Cascades National Park. If you’re considering it for your hiking elopement, I recommend starting at sunrise like this couple did. You’ll be able to avoid the busy summer crowds, witness the mountains in the best light, and enjoy cooler temperatures during the hottest months in the PNW.

This short & sweet sunset elopement at Mount Baker was only four hours, but we filled those hours with a stunning ceremony at Picture Lake, a blue hour hike up at Artist Point, and star photos once the night sky grew dark enough to see them. If you're interested in staying out past dark on your elopement, that's always an option!

This elopement took place at Marymere Falls, on the Olympic Peninsula. We started the day at Lake Crescent before hiking down to the falls, then returned to the couple's rental cabin on Lake Sutherland to watch the sunset over a picnic on the dock.

This sunset elopement at Artist Point was one of the most beautiful evenings I've ever witnessed at this iconic Washington mountaintop venue! From the moment we met at Picture Lake until we hiked out to Huntoon Point for star photos, the dramatic lighting made every image feel like a fairytale.

The fire lookout at Winchester Mountain might be my favorite location for a sunrise elopement in Washington state! The lookout itself is open to overnight camping on a first-come basis. If you want to hike up at sunrise, it'll only take about an hour to reach the top from the trailhead. Be aware that the road to this trailhead is rough and unpaved, but the views are worth it!

Theres no place more beautiful, romantic, or inspiring than the old-growth forests of the Hoh rainforest in Washington state. Part of Olympic National Park, this Washington rainforest is one of my favorite places for couples to elope in the PNW!

This wedding took place on Earth Day in Cannon Beach, Oregon with a cliffside ceremony at Ecola State Park. The location was perfect for this couple, who deeply love nature and The Goonies (anyone recognize that location from the film?!) Details include the most beautiful floral wedding dress, a stunning sunset, and some incredible Oregon coast nature venues!

This Hoh Rainforest elopement started with a rainy hike through the Hall of Mosses and ended with a beautiful sunset at Ruby Beach. This couple enjoyed the best of the wild PNW and celebrated their relationship in the most authentic way!

Want to elope amongst giant redwood trees in one of the most beautiful old-growth forests on earth? Redwood National Park should be at the top of your list! This northern California elopement location is absolutely stunning, truly wild, and incredibly romantic.

This elopement at Picture Lake began at an A-frame cabin in Glacier, WA and ended with a beautiful sunset at Artist Point. It took the best of a Washington summer in the mountain to the brink of a crisp autumn evening. It was a beautiful farewell to warm weather this year.

I’ve photographed quite a few elopements in the North Cascades, and each one is incredibly beautiful in it’s own way. This August elopement has some of the most dramatic sunset colors I’ve ever witnessed!

This Mount Baker elopement began with a sunrise hike for the couple to enjoy a moment alone, followed by an intimate ceremony with a dozen of their loved ones on a rocky outcropping with incomparable views of Shuksan and Kulshan.

This North Cascades wedding ceremony took place on a rocky ledge overlooking a stunning view of Mount Baker. The hike up is steep, but take your time and enjoy all the wildflowers along the way!

This forest wedding took place on land that has been in their family for generations. Off a quiet rural backroad in Skagit County, these two beautiful souls invited their friends and family to come walk in the woods to where they had set up a circle of tree stumps as chairs.

This hiking wedding on the north shore of Lake Tahoe was a sweet “just us” moment for an adventurous couple who also had a larger, more traditional wedding surrounded by their loves ones. The best of both worlds!

A truly southwest style wedding at Pecos National Park in Santa Fe, followed by sunset portraits with a vintage car in the national forest.