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

The jumbled landscape of Washington’s North Cascades National Park, one of the wildest corners of America, can be intimidating even to experienced hikers and backpackers. The park embraces the most ...

There are few places in the Pacific Northwest where you can take a moderate hike to an alpine lake between two mountains in a beautiful wilderness area. But Green Lakes is not like other places. Found ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Wildfires in fall 2024 consumed swaths of the forest near Mount Bachelor, Sparks Lake and Lava Lake. Officials closed some access points but expected to reopen them later in the ...

The Cascade Lakes are a series of 14 lakes set within the Cascade Mountain Range in Oregon. The best way to see and reach the ...

PEMBROKE, Va. — It is an impressive waterfall hidden deep in an Appalachian gorge. The Cascades drop 66 feet on Little Stony Creek in the Cascades Recreation Area of the George Washington and ...

The sun rose over the scenic byway west of Bend, illuminating the forested high desert landscape on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. Then, rounding a sweeping curve in the road, a stunning ...

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) - Chris Sabo has hiked and explored trails in the Central Oregon Cascades for the last 35 years. As a trails specialist for the U.S. Forest Service in Bend, he has intimate ...

Six Lakes Trail can feel like a misnomer because there are only two. The full trail connects and joins others that lead to other fabulous lakes such as Lucky, Leech, Mink and Senoj, but the main trunk ...