Cascade Pass─Easy Portal into the North Cascades National Park

Quick Facts: Location: North Cascades Land Agency: North Cascades National Park Roundtrip: 7.4 miles Elevation Gain: 1,800 feet Green Trails Map: Ross Lake North Cascades No. 12SX Contact: Summer – North Cascades National Park Visitors Center Newhalem: (206) 386-4495 ext. 11 or NCNP Visitors Center Sedro-Woolley (360) 854-7200; www.nps.gov/noca Notes: Dogs prohibited. No trailhead camping.…

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Sourdough Mountain Lookout–Trail is 5.5 miles long and one mile straight up!

Quick Facts: Location: North Cascades Highway Land Agency: North Cascades National Park Roundtrip: 11.0 miles Elevation Gain: 5,100 feet Green Trails Maps: Diablo, WA-No. 48 Access: From Marblemount, follow the North Cascades Highway (SR 20) east for 20 miles. Turn left onto Diablo Road and proceed 0.7 mile crossing an iron bridge spanning Stetattle Creek. Bear right reaching the trailhead in…

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