Still, Mountain Rainier's status as a top Washington tourist destination means that its recreational opportunities stay afloat even in the cold winter months. Many of the park's trails transform into ...

If you can believe it, North Cascades National Park is one of the least visited national parks in the country! It must be because people haven’t seen photos from this place, because if they did, ...

Three rock climbers were killed over the weekend in a climbing accident in the North Cascade mountains in Washington state, as investigators look into equipment failure. "The presumed cause of the ...

Some of the wildest country in the U.S. is in Washington state's Cascade Range, reached by old logging and jeep roads that give way to high alpine trails. NPR's Brian Mann sends an audio postcard.

In the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, no one likely knows this glacier better than Mauri Pelto, who says, "My life has been shaped by this ice." For more than 40 years, Pelto, a ...

Glacier Peak, the 10,541-foot high point of Snohomish County, is sometimes called Washington’s forgotten volcano. Unlike the icy white cones of Mount Rainier or Mount Baker, Glacier Peak is hard to ...

The federal government intends to restore grizzly bears in the remote North Cascade Mountains of Washington state, a goal that represents "the American conservation ethic come to life," Interior ...

A Winter Weather Advisory is in place for the Cascade mountains, making travel "very difficult to impossible," according to ...

The ice fields that give Washington’s Glacier Peak its name are disappearing, though few people may have noticed. Glacier Peak, the 10,541-foot high point of Snohomish County, is sometimes called ...