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North Cascades National Park Guide Description These wild and dramatic mountains with their deep valleys and steep slopes are so formidable that their individual peaks inspired such names as Mt Terror, Mt Challenger, Mt Fury, Mt Despair, Mt Torment, and Desolation Peak. The park is actually one of three units in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex which was established on October 2, 1968 by the signing of the North Cascades Act by Lyndon B. Johnson and is composed of:
This same act also created the adjacent Pasayten Wilderness of 550,000 acres and enlarged the Glacier Peak Wilderness to 464,000 acres. In 1988 Congress designated approximately 93 percent of the three areas as the Stephen Mather Wilderness to provide additional legislated protection. Beyond the park’s boundaries lies adjoining national forest lands, and provincial park, recreation areas, and Crown lands to the north. The park complex receives some 500,000 visitors per year and is popular with local hikers, backpackers and mountain climbers. The Ross, Diablo and Gorge dams along the upper Skagit River which cuts across the park have created lakes ideal for fishing and boating, and with hiking trails along their shores. Popular family-style walks include the Trail of the Cedars near Newhalem, Happy Creek Trail near Diablo Lake, and the Washington Pass Overlook loop. Getting There |
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