Reviewers are raving about these hikes in Washington's North Cascades National Park with turquoise lakes, rugged peaks, and ...

If you’re looking to explore the Central Cascades without the crowds, there are plenty of lesser-known trails waiting for you ...

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 ...

North Cascades National Park, two hours northeast of Seattle, is one of three national parks in Washington, and the least known. The other two – Mount Rainier and Olympic – are among the most visited ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) is expanding its drought emergency to include some of Western Washington's most populous counties. Previously centered around Yakima, the ...

SEATTLE – Visiting a national park in Washington while enjoying a modicum of solitude has become a logistical feat: This summer, Mount Rainier National Park requires timed-entry reservations for ...

A section of major cross-state highway that closed earlier this month because of a wildfire in Washington state’s North Cascades National Park will reopen Wednesday. The Washington state Department of ...

NEWHALEM, Wash. — A wildfire has forced a major cross-state highway to close in Washington’s rugged North Cascades National Park. State Route 20, also known as the North Cascades Highway, was closed ...

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast over the mountains Thursday, prompting a flash flood watch in the Cascades. Burn scars Bolt Creek, Goat Rocks, Sourdough, Easy, Chilliwack, and ...