North Cascades National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the State of Washington. The park is the largest of the three National Park Service Units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Several national wilderness areas and British Columbia parkland adjoin the National Park. The park features rugged mountain peaks and protects portions of the North Cascades range. |
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Lee Duquette and Ilse Blahak
climbed down a short, rocky area to view Newhalem Creek. Karen Duquette
photographed them from the pathway above them. |
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Ilse and Lee took some photos of the River. |
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Lee Duquette tried
a different path down to another area by the river. Karen Duquette and
Ilse stopped walking when they saw how narrow the path became. Lee decided
that he could not get to the river from this path and turned around.
Karen photographed Lee coming back up the path. |
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Walking back to the car, Ilse Blahak stopped and took a photo of a weed. |
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Driving on into the park, there was a different North Cascades National Park sign. |
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Karen, Lee and Ilse finally got a real pretty view of the river. |
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A stop at a picnic area to try to see the river. |
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Karen Duquette stood on the picnic table to see and photograph the river. |
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The photos below were taken from the far corner of the fenced picnic area. |
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A big mountain across the street from the picnic area. |
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Below: The Picket Range.
The visible peaks are a small fraction of the glaciated range beyond
the highway. Only ten air-miles away, the roadless, trail-less Picket
Range is a place where the terms "wild" and "remote"
become real. It is entirely contained within North Cascades National
Park. It is about 6 miles long, running northwest-southeast, and lies
north of the Skagit River, west of Ross Lake, and east of Mounts Baker
and Shuksan. There are at least 21 peaks in the range over 7,500 feet
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Hiking the River Loop Trail - a 1.8 mile trail that starts at the Visitor Center. |
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As the trail got closer to the river, everything got greener, and covered with moss. |
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Lee Duquette picked up a piece of moss. |
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Then Lee Duquette placed
the moss on his head. |
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The final path leading back to the parking lot. |
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After leaving North Cascades National Park, Ilse noticed a tower with a mouse face, and a bit down the street, a hamburger/hot dog picnic table, so she took some quick pictures from the car. |
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Please continue on to any of these 44 sections in the state of Washington that you have not yet seen. There is also a link to BC, Canada below. |
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 AFTER you have seen all of the above sections, please continue on to British Columbia, Canada: Cultus Lake, Bridal Falls, Harrison Hot Springs, City of Hope, the tunnels, Whistler, Brandywine Falls, Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish, Shannon Falls, a bear tour, Lac La Hache Provincial Park, Prince George, Glaciers and waterfalls in Smithers, salmon jumping, Indians net fishing and more.
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