{"id":4048,"date":"2025-10-14T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:28:53","slug":"2025-photo-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/2025-photo-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Photo Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The summer of 2025 was a great hiking season! There were hundreds of photos submitted to this year&#8217;s photo contest showcasing some of the incredible views and scenery that we are so fortunate to experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are this year\u2019s winners of the 2025 Photo Contest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grand Prize<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-elk-mountain-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"Elk Mountain\" class=\"wp-image-4050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-elk-mountain-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-elk-mountain-600x395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-elk-mountain.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/trails\/elk-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elk Mountain<\/a> \u2013 Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/p\/-Aquamarine-?view=photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marina<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2nd Place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-mumm-basin-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Mumm Basin Viewpoint\" class=\"wp-image-4051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-mumm-basin-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-mumm-basin-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-mumm-basin.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mumm Basin Viewpoint \u2013 Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rodnick_adventures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rodnick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runners Ups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-kings-peak-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"King's Peak\" class=\"wp-image-4052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-kings-peak-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-kings-peak-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-kings-peak.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>King&#8217;s Peak \u2013 Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/J_holbek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Josh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4-west-coast-trail-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"West Coast Trail\" class=\"wp-image-4053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4-west-coast-trail-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4-west-coast-trail-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4-west-coast-trail-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4-west-coast-trail.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>West Coast Trail \u2013 Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/saif.akkad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Saif<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5-panorama-ridge-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Panorama Ridge\" class=\"wp-image-4054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5-panorama-ridge-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5-panorama-ridge-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5-panorama-ridge.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/trails\/panorama-ridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Panorama Ridge<\/a> \u2013 Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elizabethstephens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elizabeth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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Thanks to everyone who submitted photos and we look forward to seeing your photos in 2026!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winning photos for the 2025 Vancouver Trails photo contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[728],"tags":[841,838],"class_list":["post-4048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-info","tag-contest","tag-photo-contest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-elk-mountain.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4652t-13i","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4048"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4060,"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048\/revisions\/4060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vancouvertrails.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}