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The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as many of those in the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades.
The mountain is situated on land managed by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. Cone Mountain is set on the crest of the Cascade Range, so precipitation runoff from the peak drains south into Trout Creek which is a tributary of the Methow River, and north into headwaters of Slate Creek, which is part of the Skagit River drainage basin. [1]
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]
Baekos Peak is situated two miles (3.2 km) west of the crest of the Cascade Range in the Glacier Peak Wilderness on land managed by Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. [3] It is part of the North Cascades and is located 2.5 mi (4.0 km) south of Glacier Peak. [1] The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the western
Portal Peak is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the crest of the Cascade Range in the Glacier Peak Wilderness on land managed by Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. It is part of the North Cascades. [2] Portal Peak is located immediately northwest of Red Pass, and 1.36 mi (2.19 km) west-northwest of line parent White Mountain. [3]
The North Cascades are a subrange of the Cascade Range System, the official name of the Canadian section is the Cascade Mountains. For the North Cascades section in Washington state, see Category: North Cascades of Washington (state) .
Within these two eco-regions are five level four eco-regions: the Western Cascade Mountain Highlands, Cascade Crest Montane Forest, and Cascades Subalpine/Alpine within the Cascades eco-region and the Yakima Plateau and Slopes and Grand Fir Mixed Forest within the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills eco-region.
Cache Col is a gap in a high ridge between Magic Mountain and Mix-up Peak. It's located at the highest part of Cache Glacier, on the shared boundary of Skagit County and Chelan County in Washington state. Cache Col is situated south of Cascade Pass on the shared border of North Cascades National Park and Glacier Peak Wilderness.