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North Cascades National Park
A rugged expanse in Washington State known for its alpine landscape, glaciers, and diverse ecosystems within the Pacific Northwest.
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- http://www.nps.gov/noca/index.htm
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One road in, one road out – that’s the remoteness of the North Cascades National Park. Even the winding, wiggling route of the 20 highway offers only glimpses of this 500,000-acre wilderness, which reaches all the way north to the US-Canada border in a medley of summits that easily surpass 9,000 feet. This ain’t your bite-sized sort of place, just as Buckner Mountain and the twisted Black Peak should reveal, although there are some excellent off-piste adventurers for those who don’t mind being all alone out there a la John Muir.
jrfrancis 3 years ago
Because the North Cascades pull you away from the buzz of Seattle to Washington State’s less-trodden quarters, they are a hotspot for Pacific Northwest animal life. A trio of species really tops the bill: the grizzly, the gray wolf, and the endangered Canada lynx.
jrfrancis 3 years ago
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