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North Cascades National Park
Visitor Information
Find all the information you need to plan your visit to the North Cascades National Park such as reports on park conditions, road and weather reports and the recreational activities.
Featured Places and Web Sites
North Cascades Conservation Council. PO Box 95980, Seattle, WA 98145-2980.
North Cascades Highway Weekly Update
North Cascades Highway weekly report on road and weather conditions from
the Washington State Department of Transportation.
The North Cascades Highway as seen from the upper side of Hairpin Curve at a spot below Liberty Bell Mountain. Photo by Jack High. To the left a portion of Cutthroat Ridge can be seen.
And to the right you can see Kangaroo Ridge, Snagtooth Ridge and Silverstar Mountain.
North Cascades National
Park - National Park Service Web
The park encompasses high jagged peaks, steep ridges, deep valleys,
countless cascading waterfalls and over 300 glaciers. Also includes
information on Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan
National Recreation Area.
North Cascades
NP - Report on Park Conditions
Park Service site reports on general condition of the park, roads, trails,
campgrounds, lakes and rivers.
North Cascades National Park
Site offers information about activities, camping, hiking, lodging,
sights, weather and other park details. Useful for planning a trip,
vacation or obtaining additional information about the park.
North Cascades National Park (GORP)
Information on hiking, fishing, scenic driving, natural history,
environment, travel, camping, lodging, glaciers, waterfalls, wildlife, and more.
Skagit Tours
Seattle City Light, Seattle's public utility, offers tours of the Skagit
Hydroelectric Project on Ross Lake in the rugged North Cascades. The
featured tour is the Ross Dam tour and lasts about four hours and includes
a brief film of the project, a 560-foot ride up Sourdough Mountain on the
Incline Railway, a 25-minute boat cruise to the Ross Powerhouse and ends
with an all-you-can eat chicken lunch with all the trimmings. (Vegetarian
spaghetti is available upon request when you make reservations for the
tour.) The Skagit Hydroelectric Project is located in the heart of the
North Cascade Mountains, just 2 and one-half hours from downtown Seattle.
Wild Washington Campaign. 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N. #520, Seattle, WA 98103. Phone: 206-633-1992, ext. 105 or 509-997-2354. E-mail: info@wildwashington.org
The Wild Washington Campaign is a broad alliance of conservation, recreation, angling, religious and other grassroots organizations dedicated to permanently protecting roadless and wild public land across Washington State.
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Spotlight Washington's Northern Cascades Camping & Hiking by Tom
Stienstra and Scott Leonard. This compact guide covers the region's camping
and hiking sights with at-a-glance icons for the nearby activities. Hiking descriptions,
easy-to-follow maps, and clear driving directions are included for each camp.
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Hiking
the North Cascades, 2nd Edition by Erik Molvar. This comprehensive guide
is your passport to one of the most beautiful and truly wild reaches of
North America describing 105 of the region's best and most varied hikes,
from a few choice short excursions to a whole host of day trips and
overnight treks.
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Day
Hiking North Cascades by Craig Romano. This compact guide covers t a
broad range of hiking options. This is the most up-to-date guide for the
area, organized along highway and other travel corridors with an emphasis on
trails that are 12 miles or less, round-trip.
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Hike! North Cascades, 3rd Edition: The Best Trails You Can Hike in a Day
by Mike McQuaide. Explore the scenic North Cascades National Park by
hiking. This guide covers 59 hikes and rates each trail. Photographs,
topographical maps and trail descriptions are all included.
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Highroad
Guide to the Washington Cascades by Allan May. This guide contains
detailed trail instructions and 50 maps in an easy to use format leading
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