located near North Cascades National Park and providing alternate scenic hikes, is home to unadulterated beauty and pristine wildlife. Thornton Lakes Trail is one of the best trails in the park ...

Known for its panoramic views and diverse terrain, Maple Pass Trail is one of the most epic hikes in Washington. The ...

On the west side you have Thornton Lake, which also has Trapper ... hopping on all trails or getting one of the trail books that's about the North Cascades so you can choose which areas you ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing ...

Campos is what’s known as a “through-hiker”: somebody who hikes the entire length of a long trail ... hydropower facilities, Ross Lake Resort, and the North Cascades Environmental Learning ...

Grant Hindsley for The New York Times Rainy Lake is technically in Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, just beyond the border of North Cascades. This mile-long paved trail, which goes by bogs ...

On a warm, dry Friday in May, we had our pick of North Cascades ... Diablo Lake. The hummingbird-sized mosquitoes were the only drawback to an otherwise blissful two days on the trail, during ...