Chasing Curiosity Through Alaska’s Mountains
The road toward where I was planning on beginning the day's adventure was closed for the season, so I had to come up with a new plan. My only real desire for the day was to wander free and explore, so I found a new direction, and got moving. Website:...
Over Mountains and Under Ice: Exploring New Places in Alaska
The seasons are changing, and right now, everything seems to be hanging in a careful balance between the seasons. The area I explored on this trip is a place I've had my eye on for a while--curious about what lie waiting there, just out of sight. It was fun to be able...
Alpine Wandering: Ridgelines, Meadows, and Waterfalls
Wandering though the mountains, with no real destination in mind, is amazing--especially in Alaska. The views stretched out all around me since I began the adventure above tree line, so I picked my routes based on what intrigued me in the distant landscape. A large...
Walking the Shoreline of a Glacial Lake in Alaska
I've been here at this glacial lake in many different types of weather and it's always an enjoyable experience. Usually, I only stop here on my way to somewhere else, and I don't spend a lot of time. This time, however I decided to explore the shoreline for a while. I...
A Quick Hike With Autumn’s Leaves and Turquoise Waters
In this video, I'm still wandering along the same roadway as I was in my last video ("A Windy Alaskan Shoreline"), but now I'm exploring some of the trails along the way. I like to do this sort of recon trip from time to time because it helps me scout out options for...
A Windy Alaskan Shoreline
Alaska'a shoreline isn't the same as what I'm used to from California, but it has it's own special feel to it. The tide was going out when I got here, so there was plenty of time-sensitive land to explore and wander around. I stopped here on my way to explore some...
Jagged Peaks and Alpine Meadows: An Alaskan Sample Platter
A huge variety of Alaska's beauty was experienced during this day trip. The weather changed sunny skies to fog, clouds, and rain while the terrain I wandered found its own ways to change. This was a great opportunity to get out and remember why I love this place....
Back to Alaska: A New Chapter of Adventure Ryan
I'm back in Alaska, but this time, I'm here to stay. I will miss the desert, and I'll find my way back to it from time to time, but Alaska will now be the home base for Adventure Ryan. In this video, I take a walk down onto a river valley--a place I spent a lot of...
WILD STILLNESS, by Ryan Saunders: Book Trailer
WILD STILLNESS is my first book, but it won’t be my last. The time I spend with Nature is part of an ongoing journey for me, and I don’t pretend to be making anything more than a blundering mess of the process, but the value I’ve discovered along the way is...
Listening to the Desert
Summer’s heat has caused the desert to lose the color that clothed it during the spring months, and has reduced the landscape to something much more simple and bare. But even now, I realized during this hike, there is still a deeper beauty that is felt out here. I had...