But local brothers Nathan and Jeremy Barnes, authors of the new book, Alpine Lake Wilderness: The Complete Hiking Guide ... history of the hike and facts about the surrounding area. Topographic maps ...

As its name suggests, the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a land of vast alpine lakes, left over from glaciers that once covered the area. The wilderness area is home to more than 700 mountain lakes ...

The Alpine Lakes expansion enjoys extraordinary local and bipartisan support. The wilderness area, created by Congress in 1976, offers accessible, lower-elevation delights for families year-round.

Efforts to protect the Alpine Lakes area from mining, logging and other degradation began in earnest in the 1950s with the North Cascades Conservation Council. It was the work of the Wilderness ...

WASHINGTON – Environmental groups are hailing a new plan to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area east of Seattle by 22,000 acres. A bill sponsored by Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., would ...

The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Act was passed by Congress in 1976. One of the most popular and diverse wilderness recreational areas in the nation, the 394,000-acre area is accessed by dozens of ...

It took seven years and four tries and wasn’t pretty at the end. But Congress on Friday passed the Alpine Lakes Wilderness expansion, giving the toughest federal protection to 22,000 acres of ...