Significant Cascade Mountain Peaks. Mount Rainier: Mt. Rainier stands 14,411 ft. and is the highest peak in the Cascade Range, and in Washington state. This active stratovolcano is the most ...

Mount Hood, Newberry Volcano, the Three Sisters and other large mounts represent less than 1% of all the volcanoes in the Cascade mountain range that have erupted in the past. “Basically, every ...

Picture this: A national park running the entire length of the Cascade Range in central Washington, encompassing Mount Baker, Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, Glacier Peak and all of the north Cascades.

The Cascade Range runs north and south through Oregon, creating a mountain barrier that separates the state’s wet west side from the arid east. When clouds permit, ...

GETTING THERETo visit all four Cascade Range parks in one trip, you might begin with a flight to Seattle. From SeaTac International Airport, take Interstate Highway 5 north to the Burlington exit ...

There are roughly 20 major volcanoes in the Cascade Range, and while scientists might know about them individually, they don’t know as much about why volcanoes in a chain might vary in ...

Snowfall in the Cascade Range has been low — and what has fallen has been melting fast. That could spell trouble down the road. EVERETT — Mountain snowpack levels in the Cascade Mountains in ...

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains ...

On Dec. 28, after a three-day search-and-rescue mission that involved 60 people and the U.S. Coast Guard, two men from Portland were found dead in a remote forested area of southwest Washington State.

Sports; Outdoors; Geologists take on mysteries of volcanoes in Cascade Range March 29, 2019 Updated Fri., March 29, 2019 at 6:06 p.m. The Zhen Hua 31 heavy-lift ship carrying four super-post ...