North Cascades National Park is one of the less visited national parks, but not because it’s not beautiful, but because it’s too remote for some people. To me, that’s more reason to visit! Nestled in ...

They're known as the American Alps, and it doesn't take long in Washington's North Cascades to figure out why. Rows of jagged mountains cut across an impossibly vast horizon while aquamarine rivers ...

Despite growing pains and staffing challenges, North Cascades National Park remains one of the most rewarding places to explore the mountains in Washington, if not the entire country. The superlative ...

From Alaska's remote bush to downtown Cleveland, our national parks provide us with millions of acres of public land to explore. We compiled a list of the best hikes in each park, according to the ...

Brendan Oates cried the first time he saw North Cascades National Park. “It was my first day working North Cascades, before I was working at a park in Kansas,” the park ranger told USA TODAY. “And I ...

Winter is coming in Western Washington, meaning the peak days of high-elevation hiking are behind us this year. Although access to high-elevation hikes is curtailed in the winter months while ...

Ready for a road trip? The North Cascades Highway —State Route 20 — is reopening at 10 a.m. Friday, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced Wednesday. The scenic highway ...