2016 Photo Contest Winners

Over 80 photos were submitted to this year's Historic Highway Bingo photo contest.
Thank you to all participants and congratulations to our winners and honorable mentions!

Category: Beauty Spots

Winner: Jeremiah Leipold
Honorable Mentions: Tracy Aue, Paloma Ayala, Sherri Irish, Daniel Rappaport MD


Category: Historic Highway

Winner: Jeremiah Leipold
Honorable Mentions: Donna Herzfeldt-Kamprath, Penelope Lale, Daniel Rappaport MD


Category: Happy Hikers

Winner: Sarah Honkala
Honorable Mention: Paloma Ayala
 

Youth Winner: Rebecca Christianson


Special thanks to our judging advisors, Greg Lief of Greg Lief Photography and Vince Ready of Lasting Light Photography.

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AwardBEAUTY SPOTS WINNER: Autumn sunrise at Cape Horn (Jeremiah Leipold)
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AwardBEAUTY SPOTS HONORABLE MENTION: Detail of fallen autumn leaves at Starvation Creek Falls. (Tracy Aue)
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AwardBEAUTY SPOTS HONORABLE MENTION: Oregon-side rock formations and autumn colors, seen from across the Columbia River. (Paloma Ayala)
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AwardBEAUTY SPOTS HONORABLE MENTION: Sunrise at Cape Horn, with the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler moving up the river. (Sherri Irish)
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AwardBEAUTY SPOTS HONORABLE MENTION: Autumn colors on Multnomah Creek, above Multnomah Falls (Daniel M. Rappaport, MD)
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AwardHISTORIC HIGHWAY WINNER: At Bishop's Cap along the Historic Columbia River Highway (Jeremiah Leipold)
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AwardHISTORIC HIGHWAY HONORABLE MENTION: Approaching Rowena Plateau from the east on the Historic Columbia River Highway. (Donna Herzfeldt-Kamprath)
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AwardHISTORIC HIGHWAY HONORABLE MENTION: A unique detail of the famed Rowena curves (Penelope Lale)
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AwardHISTORIC HIGHWAY HONORABLE MENTION: Looking up at the walls of Vista House from Mirror Pond below (Daniel M. Rappaport, MD)
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AwardHAPPY HIKERS WINNER: A very happy, four-legged hiker at Strawberry Island, with Beacon Rock in the distance (Sarah Honkala)
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AwardHAPPY HIKERS HONORABLE MENTION: A young hiker splashes in the mud at Rowena during a Gorge fall storm. (Paloma Ayala)
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AwardYOUTH WINNER: Detail of fall color just below Dry Creek Falls. (Rebecca Christianson, age 16)