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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]
The small part of the range in British Columbia is referred to as the Canadian Cascades or, locally, as the Cascade Mountains. The highest peak in the range is Mount Rainier in Washington at 14,411 feet (4,392 m). The Cascades are part of the Pacific Ocean 's Ring of Fire, the ring of volcanoes and associated mountains around the Pacific Ocean.
The Cascade Arc includes nearly 20 major volcanoes, among a total of over 4,000 separate volcanic vents including numerous stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, lava domes, and cinder cones, along with a few isolated examples of rarer volcanic forms such as tuyas. Volcanism in the arc began about 37 million years ago; however, most of the present ...
Highest point; Elevation: 9,493 ft (2,893 m) NAVD 88 Listing: Oregon county high points: Coordinates: 1]: Geography; Location: Jackson County, Oregon, U.S.: Parent range: Cascade Range: Topo map: USGS Mount McLoughlin: Geology; Age of rock: Less than 700,000 years: Mountain type: Stratovolcano [2]: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc: Last eruption: About 30,000 years ago [2]: Climbing; Easiest ...
Coordinates. 47°17′00″N 121°21′04″W / 47.2834°N 121.3512°W / 47.2834; -121.3512. Stampede Pass (elevation 3,672 feet (1,119 m)) is a mountain pass in the northwest United States, through the Cascade Range in Washington. Southeast of Seattle and east of Tacoma, its importance to transportation lies almost entirely with ...
The Wenatchee Mountains are a range of mountains in central Washington State, United States of America. A major subrange of the Cascade Range, extending east 50 miles (80 km) from the Cascade crest, the Wenatchee Mountains separate the drainage basins of the Yakima River from the Wenatchee River. [1] The crest of the range forms part of the ...
W. White Pass (Washington) Willamette Pass. Categories: Mountain passes by range. Cascade Range.
44 cu ft/s (1.2 m 3 /s) • maximum. 19,800 cu ft/s (560 m 3 /s) Icicle Creek is a non navigable stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates at Josephine Lake near the crest of the Cascade Range and flows generally east to join the Wenatchee River near Leavenworth. Icicle Creek's drainage basin is mountainous and mostly undeveloped ...