Expect on-again, off-again westside access to the popular and spectacular hiking country of Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm for the rest of the hiking season. Cascade River Road out of Marblemount had ...

The road to North Cascades National Park’s most popular day-hiking trail opened Thursday for the season. Drivers can now access the Cascade Pass Trail from Cascades River Road, which begins in ...

—Saul Weisberg leads a literary excursion to Desolation Peak with North Cascades Institute Aug. 4-7. More information: ncascades.org. —Free Anniversary Picnic at North Cascades Environmental Learning ...

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 ...

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 mountains cut across an impossibly vast horizon while aquamarine rivers ...