Just two hours from Seattle, North Cascades National Park offers rugged adventure, abundant wildlife, and views that will make you think you're in Switzerland. Despite its grandeur, it remains one of ...

A majestic landscape of towering peaks, evergreen forests, glacier-fed rivers, and pristine lakes, North Cascades National Park in northwestern Washington state preserves some of the wildest and most ...

I was a backcountry ranger at Cascade Pass in 1979, and that trail and the view from Sahale Arm are close to my heart. However, to avoid the crowds I like to turn off the Cascade River Road before ...

A man stands at the summit of Mount Blum with a view of Hagan Mountain in North Cascades National Park. Ethan Welty, Tandem Stock A majestic landscape of towering peaks, evergreen forests, glacier-fed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They're known as the American Alps, and it doesn't take long in Washington's North Cascades to figure out why. Rows of jagged ...