Cascade Range

American  

noun

1. a mountain range extending from N California to W Canada: highest peak, Mt. Rainier, 14,408 feet (4,322 meters).

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Cascade Range British  

noun

1. a chain of mountains in the US and Canada: a continuation of the Sierra Nevada range from N California through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Rainier, 4392 m (14 408 ft)

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Example Sentences

We applied on a government website for a $5 permit to cut down a Christmas tree in the Willamette National Forest, which stretches along the western slopes of Oregon’s Cascade Range.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Forest Service conducted novel, comprehensive wildfire simulations for more than 23 million acres of forest land west of the Cascade Range crest in Oregon and Washington.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

We all know what they are: the majestic Cascade Range, towering evergreens, glorious rivers, the wide Palouse, the east-side shrub-steppe.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Fed by Cascade Range snowmelt, the Klamath River takes shape among lakes and marshes along the California-Oregon border and winds through steep mountainous terrain before ending its journey among redwood forests on the Pacific Coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

But folks who lived here knew St. Helens was the most beautiful mountain in the Cascade Range.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis