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Mount Baker Wilderness is a 119,989-acre (48,558 ha) wilderness area within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the western Cascade Range of northern Washington state. Its eastern border is shared with the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and North Cascades National Park for a distance of 40 miles (65 kilometers).
To reach the summit of Mount Baker, the Coleman Glacier and Easton Glacier routes are used by experienced climbers. [5] Camping is another popular recreation activity in the area. Some campgrounds include parking for recreational vehicles (RVs) or trailers with bathroom amenities and running water.
Mount Baker National Forest was established as the Washington Forest Reserve on February 22, 1897, with 3,594,240 acres (14,545.4 km 2). It became a national forest on March 4, 1907, and was renamed Mount Baker National Forest on January 21, 1924. [6]
Mount Baker as seen from Baker Lake. Baker Lake is a popular recreational area for fishing, camping, and boating and attracts local residents from adjacent Whatcom and Skagit counties. The Baker Lake area is also home to Swift Creek Campground which features 55 private campsites for tents or RVs, 2 group site as well as a boat ramp and marina.
The Summit at Snoqualmie is a recreation area in the northwest United States, located on Snoqualmie Pass, Washington.It provides alpine skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing, mountain biking, winter tubing, and scenic lift rides. [1]
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The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a large wilderness area spanning the Central Cascades of Washington state in the United States.The wilderness is located in parts of Wenatchee National Forest and Snoqualmie National Forest, and is approximately bounded by Interstate 90 and Snoqualmie Pass to the south and U.S. Route 2 and Stevens Pass to the north.