Introducing North Cascades
Geologically different from their southern counterparts, the North Cascade Mountains are peppered with sharp, jagged peaks, copious glaciers and a preponderance of complex metamorphic rock. Thanks to their virtual impregnability, the North Cascades were an unsolved mystery to humans until relatively recently. The first road was built across the region in 1972 and, even today, it remains one of the Northwest’s most isolated outposts.
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Last updated: Sep 22, 2008
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RE: Yellowstone to Glacier National Park
by carracar 08 September 2011
Avoid over nighting in Browning ! Press on to East Glacier or The Isaac Walton lodge. The 83/I-90 would be the more scenic route to Missoula…
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Re: trekking in spring
by runeor 17 August 2011
Thanks for the help! We've hiked a lot in the North Cascades in Washington state, hence the question about mosquitoes and black flies.…
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Pueblos Mancomunados Review
by gwenakinyi 29 July 2011
We took a one night trip to the Pueblos Mancomunados with Expediciones Sierra Nortes in late June. We knew it was the rainy season in…
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