Ice Peaks was supposed to sprawl across Washington, from the Canadian border to Mount Adams. But politics got in the way.

But those shrieks and happier chirps and whining sounds have been sounding off less and less in the past two decades. In ...

North Cascades National Park Finally, the region's heart—the North Cascades National Park—is an expanse characterized by the IUCN category II designation, which speaks to its unspoiled ecosystems.

North Cascades National Park is one of the less visited national parks, but not because it’s not beautiful, but because it’s ...

North Cascades National Park Service Complex encompasses 684,000 acres of wilderness, trails and rivers, as well as Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas. In this vast terrain are jagged ...

With glacier-clad peaks rising almost vertically from thickly forested valleys, the North Cascades are often called the American Alps. The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades ...

Nearly a year after deciding to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem, officials won't say exactly when the ...

While the park itself is sparsely visited, two bordering National Recreation Areas — Ross Lake and Lake Chelan — mean visitation to the combined three-unit North Cascades complex is much higher.