Gold Creek Pond Wedding Photography | Accessible Adventure Elopement

Beautiful Gold Creek Pond Wedding Photography, featuring some information about how to plan an Accessible Adventure Elopement

Are you torn between an adventure elopement and a traditional wedding? Perhaps you love the idea of photos together exploring the best that nature has to offer, but you also want to include your nearest and dearest. No worries! It’s definitely possible to include both of these things by choosing to have an intimate wedding instead of a more ‘traditional’ elopement, like Emily & Jack. Emily & Jack initially planned to elope, just the two of them. After the pandemic delayed their wedding plans, though, they realized they wanted their closest loved ones to celebrate with them. In the end, they decided to combine Gold Creek Pond Wedding Photography with an Intimate Snoqualmie Wedding  

GOLD CREEK POND WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY | ACCESSIBLE ADVENTURE ELOPEMENT

Gold Creek Pond Elopement Photography

Gold Creek Pond is a really sweet little trail in Washington, found just above the Snoqualmie Pass. At only 1 mile long, roundtrip, it’s perfect if you love the idea of adventurous wedding portraits, but perhaps don’t have the time or ability for a longer hike. It’s got beautiful mountain views out over the Cascade Range, meadows filled with wildflowers (if you go at the right time of year), and of course, Gold Creek Pond itself. Basically, Gold Creek Pond has got everything you could want to feature in the backdrop of your elopement portraits! The Gold Creek loop trail is also officially an ADA-accessible paved loop hike, making it an ideal location if you want to include loved ones who are older or differently abled.

Accessible Adventure Elopement

Emily & Jack didn’t choose to have their Intimate Wedding at Gold Creek because of the trail’s accessibility rating, but I wanted to take the chance to talk about it all the same. Many of my clients choose to have a few close family & friends attend at least their wedding ceremony. It can feel hard knowing how to do this though if you have a loved one who can’t easily navigate hiking trails. Thankfully though, there is a growing list of resources to help make hiking more accessible, like this list put together by Outside Online. It’s a great starting point if you want to plan an Accessible Adventure Elopement.

Also, there are plenty of amazing spots that are easily accessible and would make beautiful backdrops for an Intimate Wedding Ceremony that aren’t necessarily classed as a trail! Personally, I spend a lot of time exploring National Parks looking for amazing photo spots for my clients, and I’d love to help you find the right spot to include everyone you’d like to have at your Intimate Wedding.

If you’re planning your elopement, and you’re looking to plan an Accessible Adventure Elopement, get in touch. I’d love to help you find the right spot for your elopement and photograph your epic day for you.

Did you love Emily & Jack’s Gold Creek Wedding Photography? Let them know in the comments below!

Hoh Rainforest and Lake Crescent Elopement in Olympic National Park Washington

A relaxed, elopement in Olympic National Park, featuring Lake Crescent and the Hoh Rainforest with the sweetest couple from Mississippi.

If you read these posts often, you might have noticed I speak a lot about making your day your own – how to add personal touches, stay true to yourself, and have an intimate wedding that really represents the two of you. I might even seem a bit like a broken record! But it’s because I really believe in how beautiful a wedding can be if you take a step back from all the noise and plan your intimate wedding or elopement as if you were really just trying to plan the best day of your life.

Audrey & Peyton’s Intimate Wedding in Olympic National Park is another beautiful example of how to do this. These guys were married in Olympic National Park and have been together since the eighth grade – how precious is that? Audrey really loves to travel and Peyton was happy to make that a key part of their day, which also included some beautiful Lake Crescent Elopement Photography.

INTIMATE WEDDING IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK | LAKE CRESCENT ELOPEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY

Intimate Wedding in Olympic National Park

For Audrey & Peyton’s Intimate Wedding in Olympic National Park, they decided to start their day with a sunrise session in the rainforest. We met there, first thing in the morning, and they shared their vows amongst massive trees and moss and ferns. If you’ve been in a rainforest before, you’ll understand the magic of these silent, green spaces, so it was a really special moment to share there. Audrey is an only child, so her parents came to their Intimate Olympic NP Wedding Ceremony, all the way from Mississippi, which was really sweet. From there, we headed off to take some wedding portraits and explore more of the trails around their ceremony spot.

It was just a really simple, slow, relaxed day which was exactly what they wanted! It was particularly special because it meant we didn’t need to worry about the day’s timeline when we spied some Elk across the river. We spotted them just after Audrey & Peyton had signed their papers to make it official, and were able to stay and watch them for a while.

If you’d like to know more about How to Elope in Olympic National Park, check out my blog post from Chloe & Tyler’s Intimate Wedding there!

Lake Crescent Elopement Photography

Chloe & Tyler were staying at Lake Crescent Lodge for their Intimate Wedding in Olympic National Park, and both really wanted to get some photos there, so that was our next stop! Lake Crescent is this really beautiful blue – there’s almost no nitrogen present in the lake, so algae can’t grow there. It’s so clear, that at some points you can even see 60 feet down! We took some beautiful Lake Crescent Elopement Photography around the lake and its surrounding trails, before Audrey & Petyon headed back to the lodge to spend the day chilling out with family and friends. It was the perfect ending to their sweet, relaxed intimate wedding day in Olympic National Park.

Are you planning your own Intimate Wedding in Olympic National Park? I’d love to help you plan something epic, and photograph your day for you! Just get in touch!

Did you love Audrey & Peyton’s Lake Crescent Elopement Photography? Let them know in the comments below!