North Cascades Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
mountain range in Canada and the United States
About North Cascades
The Cascades are a mountain range that stretches some 700 miles (1100 km) fromBritish Columbiathrough centralWashingtonintoOregon. By causing moist Pacific air to drop rain and dry out as it blows into the continent, the Cascades divide Washington state into a wet west and an arid east. The Cascades are tall -- several are above 10,000' (3000m) high, includingMount Bakerin this region. Because their valleys are low and the mountains quite steep, many mountains in the Cascades are visually quite striking. To the west from the Cascades to the coast are lowlands.Interstate 5(I-5) runs north fromSeattletoVancouver,British Columbia. In Snohomish county, cities likeEverettandSnohomishare in the outer reaches of Seattle's influence. The Skagit Valley is fertile farmland, overflowing with tuli
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