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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Cascade Range

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

The towering 14,179-foot stratovolcano in Northern California’s Cascade Range averages about one death a year, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

Forests on the west slope of Oregon's Cascade Range experienced fire much more often between 1500 and 1895 than had been previously thought, according to new research by scientists at Oregon State University.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023

Mortality was greatest at sites less than about 650 feet in elevation west of the Cascade Range, according to their analysis.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 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

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