Matthew Grahovac
@mlghikes.bsky.social
Backpacker | Photographer
🥾 Long Trail 21'-22' •
🚂 Purdue '13
You can find me in the mountains. I write trail guides and detail all of my outdoor adventures at www.mlghikes.com
Avid Matt Painter truster.
🥾 Long Trail 21'-22' •
🚂 Purdue '13
You can find me in the mountains. I write trail guides and detail all of my outdoor adventures at www.mlghikes.com
Avid Matt Painter truster.
Due to all the storms in VA, I had go to the Keystone State to get a hike in.
The 30 mile West Rim Trail traverses the the Pine Creek Gorge, aka PA Grand Canyon.
I was able to get some really epic shots of the hike. Here are just a few.
Full WRT Trail guide here: mlghikes.com/west-rim-tra...
The 30 mile West Rim Trail traverses the the Pine Creek Gorge, aka PA Grand Canyon.
I was able to get some really epic shots of the hike. Here are just a few.
Full WRT Trail guide here: mlghikes.com/west-rim-tra...
June 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Due to all the storms in VA, I had go to the Keystone State to get a hike in.
The 30 mile West Rim Trail traverses the the Pine Creek Gorge, aka PA Grand Canyon.
I was able to get some really epic shots of the hike. Here are just a few.
Full WRT Trail guide here: mlghikes.com/west-rim-tra...
The 30 mile West Rim Trail traverses the the Pine Creek Gorge, aka PA Grand Canyon.
I was able to get some really epic shots of the hike. Here are just a few.
Full WRT Trail guide here: mlghikes.com/west-rim-tra...
Finally was able to get out of hibernation and go on my first backpacking trip of the year. The Three Ridges Loop was spectacular.
Here are a few of my favorite shots from the trek.
Check out my trail Guide here: mlghikes.com/three-ridges...
#hiking #photography #ThreeRidges #sonyalpha
Here are a few of my favorite shots from the trek.
Check out my trail Guide here: mlghikes.com/three-ridges...
#hiking #photography #ThreeRidges #sonyalpha
May 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Finally was able to get out of hibernation and go on my first backpacking trip of the year. The Three Ridges Loop was spectacular.
Here are a few of my favorite shots from the trek.
Check out my trail Guide here: mlghikes.com/three-ridges...
#hiking #photography #ThreeRidges #sonyalpha
Here are a few of my favorite shots from the trek.
Check out my trail Guide here: mlghikes.com/three-ridges...
#hiking #photography #ThreeRidges #sonyalpha
Big news! My photo, 'Aurora's Dance over West Virginia' was chosen to be the cover shot of F-Stop Magazine's 2025 Landscape Issue.
It is an incredible honor to be included with so many talented artists. Go check out the issue here:
www.fstopmagazine.com
#landscapephotography #landscape2024fstop
It is an incredible honor to be included with so many talented artists. Go check out the issue here:
www.fstopmagazine.com
#landscapephotography #landscape2024fstop
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Big news! My photo, 'Aurora's Dance over West Virginia' was chosen to be the cover shot of F-Stop Magazine's 2025 Landscape Issue.
It is an incredible honor to be included with so many talented artists. Go check out the issue here:
www.fstopmagazine.com
#landscapephotography #landscape2024fstop
It is an incredible honor to be included with so many talented artists. Go check out the issue here:
www.fstopmagazine.com
#landscapephotography #landscape2024fstop
No, the two in this quadrant are 50-ft Falls and Havasu Falls. I forgot to include the Mooney Falls photo I took. Here is Mooney Falls.
January 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
No, the two in this quadrant are 50-ft Falls and Havasu Falls. I forgot to include the Mooney Falls photo I took. Here is Mooney Falls.
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
6/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
6/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
January 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
6/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
6/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
5/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
5/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
January 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
5/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
5/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
4/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
4/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
January 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
4/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
4/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
3/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
3/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
January 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
3/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
3/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
2/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
2/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
January 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
2/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
2/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
1/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
1/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.
1/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
1/6
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
Anyone else see this last night? Apparently this is called a moon halo. It happens when the moon's light is refracted by ice crystals in cirrus clouds.
Luckily I was able to grab my camera and get a good shot before it disappeared.
#astrophotography #moon #moonhalo
Luckily I was able to grab my camera and get a good shot before it disappeared.
#astrophotography #moon #moonhalo
December 14, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Anyone else see this last night? Apparently this is called a moon halo. It happens when the moon's light is refracted by ice crystals in cirrus clouds.
Luckily I was able to grab my camera and get a good shot before it disappeared.
#astrophotography #moon #moonhalo
Luckily I was able to grab my camera and get a good shot before it disappeared.
#astrophotography #moon #moonhalo
December 12, 2024 at 4:52 PM
On my last night at Pictured Rocks, I was hoping for the northern lights, I settled for a fiery sunset. Not a bad consolation prize.
#hiking #landscapehotography
#hiking #landscapehotography
December 10, 2024 at 2:27 PM
On my last night at Pictured Rocks, I was hoping for the northern lights, I settled for a fiery sunset. Not a bad consolation prize.
#hiking #landscapehotography
#hiking #landscapehotography
So my photo "Golden Hour at Mather Point"was selected as a finalist for the Grand Canyon Conservancy's 2025 Digital Membership Card.
It didn't win, but it was amazing to even be considered.
Check out out the other finalists here:
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It didn't win, but it was amazing to even be considered.
Check out out the other finalists here:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19Sz...
December 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM
So my photo "Golden Hour at Mather Point"was selected as a finalist for the Grand Canyon Conservancy's 2025 Digital Membership Card.
It didn't win, but it was amazing to even be considered.
Check out out the other finalists here:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19Sz...
It didn't win, but it was amazing to even be considered.
Check out out the other finalists here:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19Sz...
Great photo!!! I recently hiked Pictured Rocks as well. Here is mine from the same spot.
December 2, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Great photo!!! I recently hiked Pictured Rocks as well. Here is mine from the same spot.
"When you go, your footprints will fill with grass. Moss shall cover your tombstone, and as the sun rises, green shall spread over all, in all of shades and hues."
-The Green Knight
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
-The Green Knight
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
December 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
"When you go, your footprints will fill with grass. Moss shall cover your tombstone, and as the sun rises, green shall spread over all, in all of shades and hues."
-The Green Knight
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
-The Green Knight
#hiking #photography #sonyalpha
The college basketball gods are trying to give us Purdue fans PTSD with this matchup...
November 26, 2024 at 8:10 PM
The college basketball gods are trying to give us Purdue fans PTSD with this matchup...
November 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Sunset at Mather Point.
There is nothing as spectacular as the Grand Canyon. I've hiked through it three different times, and it never gets old.
#hiking #grandcanyon #nationalparks
There is nothing as spectacular as the Grand Canyon. I've hiked through it three different times, and it never gets old.
#hiking #grandcanyon #nationalparks
November 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Sunset at Mather Point.
There is nothing as spectacular as the Grand Canyon. I've hiked through it three different times, and it never gets old.
#hiking #grandcanyon #nationalparks
There is nothing as spectacular as the Grand Canyon. I've hiked through it three different times, and it never gets old.
#hiking #grandcanyon #nationalparks
Reaching for the stars.
I'll never get tired of capturing the milky way. Give me a dark sky, and you'll find me looking up.
#milkyway #astrophotography #nightscapes #sonyalpha
I'll never get tired of capturing the milky way. Give me a dark sky, and you'll find me looking up.
#milkyway #astrophotography #nightscapes #sonyalpha
November 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Reaching for the stars.
I'll never get tired of capturing the milky way. Give me a dark sky, and you'll find me looking up.
#milkyway #astrophotography #nightscapes #sonyalpha
I'll never get tired of capturing the milky way. Give me a dark sky, and you'll find me looking up.
#milkyway #astrophotography #nightscapes #sonyalpha
The famous Chapel Rock right at sunset.
The lone pine perched atop is estimated to be 250 years old. After years of erosion, it's umbilical root system is the only thing that still connects it to the mainland.
This one is a long exposure due to the lighting conditions.
#hiking
The lone pine perched atop is estimated to be 250 years old. After years of erosion, it's umbilical root system is the only thing that still connects it to the mainland.
This one is a long exposure due to the lighting conditions.
#hiking
November 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
The famous Chapel Rock right at sunset.
The lone pine perched atop is estimated to be 250 years old. After years of erosion, it's umbilical root system is the only thing that still connects it to the mainland.
This one is a long exposure due to the lighting conditions.
#hiking
The lone pine perched atop is estimated to be 250 years old. After years of erosion, it's umbilical root system is the only thing that still connects it to the mainland.
This one is a long exposure due to the lighting conditions.
#hiking
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from October 10th, 2024. The night the northern lights came south.
If you are interested in reading about that magical night, I wrote a short post about it, here:
mlghikes.com/northern-lig...
#astrophotography #northernlights #aurora #sonyalpha
If you are interested in reading about that magical night, I wrote a short post about it, here:
mlghikes.com/northern-lig...
#astrophotography #northernlights #aurora #sonyalpha
November 18, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from October 10th, 2024. The night the northern lights came south.
If you are interested in reading about that magical night, I wrote a short post about it, here:
mlghikes.com/northern-lig...
#astrophotography #northernlights #aurora #sonyalpha
If you are interested in reading about that magical night, I wrote a short post about it, here:
mlghikes.com/northern-lig...
#astrophotography #northernlights #aurora #sonyalpha