North Cascades

American  

noun

1. a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2,043 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

Forecasts show another storm coming Monday and could add another 2 to 3 inches of rain in the Olympic Mountains and North Cascades in western Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal

Along the road this summer, we met other retirees who had found very different big things to pursue—a couple in Idaho whose highlight is skiing all winter, one in Montana who had left California to run a coffee shop, another in Maine who quit work to buy a bicycle shop, a woman who volunteers summers at North Cascades National Park, friends who retreat to an island home for the summer and engage in town duties.

From The Wall Street Journal

The analysis ranked Sequoia and Kings Canyon as the 13th most dangerous national park based on deaths per 10 million park visitors, with North Cascades National Park in Washington state named the most dangerous with 601 deaths per 10 million visitors.

From Los Angeles Times

McLellan was involved in efforts to restore grizzlies in the North Cascades in Washington state and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area in Montana and Idaho.

From Los Angeles Times

In the North Cascades, they teamed up to climb, among others, Forbidden Peak, Sahale Peak and the Inspiration Traverse.

From Seattle Times