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Stevens Pass, located in the Cascade Range. The U.S. state of Washington, located in the Pacific Northwest, has several major mountain ranges that are traversed various passes. The state is divided by the Cascade Range, which have the highest passes, and is also home to the Olympic Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, and Blue Mountains.
For convenience, all mountain passes in Washington (state) should be included in this category. This includes all the mountain passes that can also be found in the subcategories. The main article for this category is List of mountain passes in Washington (state) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain passes of Washington (state)
Snoqualmie Pass is a mountain pass that carries Interstate 90 (I-90) through the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. The pass summit is at an elevation of 3,015 feet (919 m), on the county line between Kittitas County and King County .
Interstate 90 passes through the community, with access from Exits 53 and 54. I-90 leads west 53 miles (85 km) to Seattle and southeast the same distance to Ellensburg, the Kittitas county seat. Washington State Route 906 serves as a local main road through the Snoqualmie Pass community, connecting with I-90 at both of its exits.
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.
Records state that during this time period, 164 lode mines, where thick mineral veins were worked with pick axes and shovels, and 35 placer mines, where minerals exposed by erosion were recovered from rivers and loose surface soil, operated in Ferry County. [8] —From 1904 to 1928, the Kettle River Range was the largest producer of gold in the ...
Iron Horse State Park, part of the Washington State Park System and the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, is a 1,612-acre (7 km 2) state park located in the Cascade Mountains and Yakima River Valley, between Cedar Falls on the west and the Columbia River on the east. The park is contiguous with a rail trail that crosses Snoqualmie Pass.
Highest point; Elevation: 7,720+ ft (2,350+ m) NGVD 29 [1] Prominence: 200 ft (60 m) [1] Coordinates: 2]: Geography; Location: near Washington Pass, Chelan / Okanogan counties, Washington, U.S.: Parent range: North Cascades: Topo map: USGS Washington Pass: Geology; Rock type: Granite: Climbing; First ascent: 1946, Fred Beckey, Jerry O'Neil, and Charles Welsh: Easiest route: class 5.6 The ...