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

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

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

Wolves had naturally dispersed into Washington by the summer of 2008; recent counts found 216 wolves in 37 packs, mostly in the Cascade Range and the state's wooded northeastern corner.

From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 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