My North Cascades Story
My outdoor education
By Ingunn Markiewicz
I had spent the summer months feeling inferior to my mountaineering peers, wondering where I was headed with my outdoor education. My term as a climbing student had
ended abruptly as I was clinging to an outdoor climbing wall in Spanaway, Washington - I was, it turned out, absolutely terrified of heights. Gone were my dreams of summiting Mount Baker. I would never scale the forbidding spires of the Picket Range.
News and Events
The North Cascades National Park and North Cascades Institute are now recruiting for two free programs for youth. Students must be in high school and live in either Washington or Oregon. We encourage you to pass on this information to any young people you know who might be interested.
North Cascades Wild
The North Cascades
Did You Know?
There are nearly 700 glaciers in the North Cascades. Thirty percent of the fresh water in the Puget Sound comes from the glacier-fed Skagit River.
Hike of the Month
"StorySki" trails are 1 kilometer cross-country ski loops lined with the stories from children's books to entice the young skier...
