A journey by canoe, fly fishing and camping under lush ancient forest canopies. Welcome to North Cascades National Park, where time move a little slower. When I think about my time spent in northern ...

If you’re planning a summer getaway in Washington, the Cascade Mountains offer some of the best camping experiences around.

The narrow slot canyon on the edge of Ross Lake was just too tempting to pass by. Water flowed from the narrow slit in the cliff, creating a channel just wide enough for my family’s small rental ...

Camp beside a lake where both the highest overlook spot in the San Juan Islands (Mount Constitution) and Puget Sound’s teeming shoreline are nearby. Reduce your world to whatever you can pack into a ...

North Cascades officials report Perry Fire has rapidly grown to 50 acres; two other smaller fires also burning in Whatcom ...

SEDRO WOOLLEY, Wash. — A number of additional areas, trails, and camps closed due to the Sourdough Fire have reopened on Sept. 11, according to National Park Service officials. Even though the ...

For most paddlers, the tantalizing jade-green waters of Diablo Lake are merely a fluid path to a bigger lake deeper in the North Cascades remoteness, not much more than a pretty prelude. But if you ...

Three fires continue to burn near Ross Lake this week, the largest of them spreading to 252 acres. Hikers and boaters might see the smoke, but no trails or campgrounds are closed. Here's the press ...

LONG BRANCH - Ross Lake Park, with its bird's-eye view of the Ross Island stone hut on Whale Pond Brook, has been designated an official city park. A sheltered bench and a wood-carved sign designating ...