2010 Reader Photo Contest

Your best shots: BACKPACKER readers have been to some spectacular places and here's the proof from more than 700 submissions.

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Samuel Matzek, Switzerland’s Alpine Pass Route, Canon PowerShot 180

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Rob Dweck, Sculptured Beach near Coast Camp in Point Reyes National Seashore, Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Jon Barr, Mt. Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies, Canon EOS Rebel XSi

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Bradley Bratcher, Bryce Canyon National Park’s Rim Trail, Canon PowerShot A570 IS

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John Dahlem, Alaska’s McNeil River Sanctuary, Canon EOS Digital Rebe XTi

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Cole Mannix, Needle Falls in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness, Canon PowerShot A520

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Will Rochfort, Refrigerator Canyon in Utah’s Zion National Park, Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Barrie Imhoff, Glacier National Park’s Hidden Lake, Pentax Optio W20

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Jessica Barr, Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley, Canon EOS Rebel XSi

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Lawrence Stolte, Goat Lick adjacent to the Middle Fork of the Flathead River in Montana, Olympus EVOLT E-500

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Roy Kranz, Wyoming’s Devil Tower, Nikon D70

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