North Cascades National Park

© NPS The U.S. House of Representative has passed legislation that may force the National Park Service to rebuild the Upper Stehekin Road in North Cascades National Park. H.R. 2806 amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 and authorizes the Interior secretary to "adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corridor along which the...  

The Washington state Department of Transportation says it has reopened State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway, after a closure due to avalanche concerns.

The highway was closed last Saturday after a powerful fall storm brought heavy snow to the Cascade Mountains and reopened early Tuesday afternoon. State Route 20 was one of three mountain roads that closed last weekend. State Route 410 at Chinook Pass and State Route 123 at Cayuse Pass...  

The Olympics, North Cascades and Oregon coast are being slammed this week by a classic example of a “pineapple express” storm– a narrow plume of warm, wet air drawn northward from the tropics. Rainfall in the Olympics, Willapa Hills, and North Cascades is expected to reach 5-10 inches. “Olympic rivers will flood and there is a strong possibility of flood downstream of the N. Cascades (e.g., Nooksack).”  

The southern Washington (and northern Oregon) Cascades, with Hood (foreground), St. Helens and Adams (middle) and Rainier (background). Remember a few months ago when an abstract from a meeting got people are ruffled because the study said there was a "giant magma chamber" feeding all three of St. Helens, Adams and Rainier in the Cascades? Well, Nature Geosciences has been kind enough to publish the work (I'll post the link when its up on...  

About - News & Issues (blog)US House: Restore North Cascades Park accessSeattle Post Intelligencer(In 1988, 93 percent of the North Cascades National Park Complex was designated the Stephen Mather Wilderness.) Reopening of the road is opposed by the ...NPCA Disagrees with Legislation for North CascadesAbout - News & Issues (blog)House Passes Legislation That Could Lead the National Park Service to Rebuild ...National Parks Traveler (blog)US...  

North Cascades Highway reopens in WA stateSeattle Post IntelligencerThe Washington state Department of Transportation says it has reopened State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway, after a closure due to avalanche concerns ...N. Cascades Highway reopens after 2-day closureHeraldNetall 11 news articles »  

The North Cascades Highway is officially closed for the season, the state Department of Transportation announced.. That portion of Highway 20 was temporarily closed last Friday afternoon, Nov.…  

Trail of the Week: Awesome views on this North Cascades journeyThe Wenatchee World OnlineAccess: Drive 12 miles west of Mazama on Highway 20 to Cutthroat Creek Road (located approximately one-and-a-half miles west of Lone Fir Campground or 4.6 ...  

State crews closed Highway 20, also called the North Cascades Highway, at 3:30 p.m. today because of a snow slide at Liberty Bell, three miles east of the summit. The highway is closed from…  

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to move and restore the washed-out Stehekin River Road, the only road access out of Lake Chelan into the North Cascades National Park.  

KOMO NewsMississippi Storm History: What happened on this date (November 17)Examiner.comWashington (state) crews closed Highway 20, also called the North Cascades Highway, Monday afternoon due to an Avalanche at Liberty Bell Mountain, ...Windy, rainy start to week in Western WashingtonSeattle TimesStrong storms headed for W. Wash. will bring rain, windKING5.comall 55 news articles »  

SEATTLE (AP) — The National Weather Service says cool air following the front that blew through the Northwest will bring weekend snow to the Olympics, Cascades and northeast mountains in Washington.  

OLYMPIA — The Washington state Department of Transportation says it has reopened State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway, after a closure due to avalanche concerns.  

Heavy snow shuts down passes, lifts up ski hopesThe Wenatchee World OnlineWENATCHEE — Snow fell fast and hard over the weekend in the North Cascades, closing three mountain passes and giving early hope to managers of ...and more »  

High winds and rain expected again tonightSeattle TimesHe said most of the rain will be in the Olympics and the North Cascades. One river, the Skokomish in Mason County, is at flood stage and is flooding pasture ...and more »