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Washington Cascades Offer Outstanding Recreational Activities for Winter and Summer
The Washington Cascades, part of the Cascade Mountain Range which extends from British Columbia to California, offer hundreds of miles of hiking, snow-shoeing, skiing and cross-country skiing trails; many ski resorts; and countless opportunities for camping, backpacking and mountain climbing in one of the world's most beautiful and accessible mountain ranges.
In Washington, this lengthy range of forested mountains is roughly divided into three different regions, each offering its own unique and outstanding natural features. The three regions are briefly described below. For more detail, follow the links:
North Cascades
The North Cascades defining features are
Mount
Baker, the
North Cascades
National Park, several National Wilderness Areas, the Ross
Lake National Recreation Area and the Chelan Lake National
Recreation Area.
Central Cascades
The Central Cascades offer an extensive array of outdoor
recreational activities less than two hours by car from
Seattle, making the area a popular playground for hiking,
backpacking, climbing and skiing for one of the Pacific
Northwest's largest metropolitan centers.
South Cascades
The South Cascades' three snow-capped volcanoes, Mount Adams,
Mount Rainier and
Mount St. Helens, rise
dramatically above their lesser neighbors as the outstanding
featured attractions in this widely popular recreational area of
south central Washington.
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