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A portion of the southern Ptarmigan Traverse, looking east: route climbs the LeConte Glacier (left edge of photo), traverses around the west side of Sentinel Peak (dark pyramidal peak, left-center), descends to the South Cascade Glacier (center), ascends to ridge at top of the glacier (right-center), and crosses over to the White Rock Lakes.
The Sourdough Mountain Lookout is a fire lookout that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. Constructed atop Sourdough Mountain in North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington, the lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The North Cascades features some of the most rugged topography in the Cascade Range with craggy peaks and ridges, deep glacial valleys, and granite spires. Granitic rock of Hidden Lake Peak Geological events occurring many years ago created the diverse topography and drastic elevation changes over the Cascade Range leading to various climate ...
North Cascades National Park is a national park of the United States in Washington.At more than 500,000 acres (200,000 ha), it is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex.
The NRA contains trailheads that connect to hundreds of miles of hiking trails in adjoining North Cascades National Park, Pasayten Wilderness and Skagit Valley Provincial Park. National Park Service campgrounds along the North Cascades Highway including Newhalem Creek, Colonial Creek and Goodall Creek feature tent and RV camping.
The lookout was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1987, [4] and is also on the National Historic Lookout Register.. Winchester Mountain Lookout (added 1987 - Structure - #87001188)
As a result, the west side of the North Cascades experiences high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Table Mountain is situated above the Mt. Baker Ski Area , which recorded the world's greatest snowfall for one season, 1,140 inches (95.0 ft; 29.0 m), which was recorded during the 1998–1999 season.
Cascade Pass (formerly also known as Skagit Pass [1] [2]) is a 5,392-foot (1,643 m) mountain pass over the northern Cascade Range, east of Marblemount, Washington, U.S. Although an important pass, providing the easiest connection from the Cascade River to the head of Lake Chelan , it is now inside North Cascades National Park , and crossed by ...