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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]
Kodak Peak is situated on the crest of the Cascade Range and is part of the North Cascades. [2] It straddles the boundary shared by Glacier Peak Wilderness with Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, and is set on land managed by Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest.
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.
Mount McGuire is a 2,008-metre (6,588-foot) mountain summit located in the Cascade Mountains of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.It is situated 4 km (2 mi) north of the Canada–United States border, 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Chilliwack, and 7.4 km (5 mi) northwest of Canadian Border Peak, which is its nearest higher peak. [4]
The tallest mountain in North Cascades National Park is Goode Mountain at 9,220 ft (2,810 m). [52] It lies in a remote backcountry region of the southern section of the park. [53] Nearby are several other peaks that exceed 9,000 ft (2,700 m), including Buckner Mountain (9,114 ft (2,778 m)) [54] and Mount Logan (9,087 ft (2,770 m)). [55]
The viewing windows are cut to specifically highlight the neighboring mountains. These "lava tube" viewing holes allow visitors to easily identify the different Cascade peaks. There is also a 36 inch (90 cm) diameter, bronze azimuth -like "peak finder" on the observatory’s roof to help visitors locate nearby geologic features as well as the ...
Mount Berge is a 7,951-foot (2,423-metre) double-summit granitic mountain located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades, in Chelan County of Washington state. . The mountain is situated along the crest of the Cascade Range, on land managed by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National For
The popular hiking objective, Hidden Lake Peak Lookout, lies three miles to the southwest, and the nearest higher peak, Eldorado Peak, two miles to the northeast, is a popular mountaineering objective. [1] Precipitation runoff from The Triad drains into tributaries of the Cascade River which in turn is a tributary of the Skagit River.