North Cascades National Park Service Complex encompasses 684,000 acres of wilderness, trails and rivers, as well as Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas. In this vast terrain are jagged ...

The park is adjacent to Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas and together they form the North Cascades ...

The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. The two other units—Ross Lake National Recreation Area and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area—contain ...

The BriefNorth Cascades Highway reopened on April 22, restoring access to scenic State Route 20.WSDOT urges drivers to use ...

WSDOT crews spent the last several weeks clearing snow and avalanche debris while making pavement and guardrail repairs.

It’s the northernmost highway that crosses the Cascades Mountains in Washington. Because of avalanche danger from the high slopes of Washington Pass and Rainy Pass, the highway is closed in late fall ...

The National Park Service has endured deep cuts from the ... Washington is home to the North Cascades, Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks and each offers its own beauties.

Grizzly bears roamed the North Cascades region for thousands of years, digging for roots and wild berries, occasionally hunting small mammals and keeping the alpine ecosystem balanced. It’s been ...