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The northern part of the range, north of Mount Rainier, is known as the North Cascades in the United States but is formally named the Cascade Mountains north of the Canada–United States border, reaching to the northern extremity of the Cascades at Lytton Mountain. [6] Overall, the North Cascades and Canadian Cascades are extremely rugged ...
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America.They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada [1] as the Cascade Mountains. [2]
The Enchantments is a region within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area of Washington state's Cascade Mountain Range. [2] At an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,372 m), it is home to over 700 alpine lakes and ponds surrounded by the vast peaks of Cashmere Crags, which rate among the best rock-climbing sites in the western United States. [3]
Mount Index is a peak in the central part of the Cascade Range of Washington state. It lies just south of the Skykomish River and U.S. Route 2, at the western edge of the Cascades. Despite its low elevation relative to peaks higher in the Cascades, it is a famous and dramatic landmark due to its topographic prominence. It comprises three ...
The Triad is a mountain with three peaks located in the North Cascades, in Skagit County of Washington state. [5] Situated in North Cascades National Park, The Triad is positioned west of the crest of the Cascade Range, approximately 12 miles east of the town of Marblemount.
[1] [2] The region is extremely diverse geologically and ecologically and is commonly divided into two regions: the Cascade Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This province is part of a larger physiographic region that extends from Alaska in the north to the southern tip of South America.
Coquihalla Mountain (southern British Columbia) — highest peak in the Bedded Range. It is a major preserved stratovolcano in the Pemberton Volcanic Belt, an extinct portion of the Canadian Cascade Arc. [1] Mount Baker (Near the United States-Canada border) — highest peak in northern Washington. It is an active volcano. [2]
Pelton Peak is a 7,133-foot (2,174-metre) mountain summit located in Chelan County of Washington state. [1] It is part of the North Cascades , a subset of the Cascade Range . Pelton Peak is situated 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southeast of Cascade Pass in North Cascades National Park near the northern end of the Ptarmigan Traverse .