North Cascades National Park is a beautiful alpine area located a short drive from Seattle, offering both peaceful forests and exciting mountain terrain. In the west, dense forests nourished by ...

Scenic Highway 20, also known as the North Cascades Highway, is closed each winter due to snowfall. The road is typically closed from mid-November to April every year.

A fire ban will go into effect on Thursday across a large area in the North Cascades region, according to the National Park ...

What North Cascades National Park lacks in full-service lodges, grandiose visitors centers, and name-brand attractions, it makes up for with breathtaking biological diversity, vast vertical relief ...

These mythical creatures are very slowly returning to the North Cascades. It’s a sign of hope for both Jason Ransom, a biologist at the National Park, and Scott Schuyler from the Upper Skagit ...

Campfires banned in all portions of North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan ...

Apr. 19—WINTHROP — In one of those signs that spring really is coming, the North Cascades Highway (State Route 20) will open for travel today. The gates at either end of the 33-mile section ...

Created in 1968, North Cascades National Park encompasses some 505,000 acres, with another 118,000 in adjacent Ross Lake National Recreation Area and 62,000 in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.

On Saturday, the North Cascades National Parks Service (NPS) closed the Goodell Creek Campground, raft launch and picnic area after an illegal campfire spread to nearby trees. According to NPS ...

North Cascades Highway closes during winter snowfall, but as of Nov. 1, the road is still open to western Washington motorists. But when will it close?

Three climbers died in a fall while descending a steep gulley in an area near North Early Winters Spire in Washington state's North Cascades National Park, the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office said.

WASHINGTON–The Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear coalition welcomes the long-awaited framework for grizzly bear restoration in the North Cascade Ecosystem with the final record of decision ...