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 ...

Discover the breathtaking landscapes of Oregon from above. This captivating drone footage reveals the rugged coastline, the majestic peaks of the Cascade Range, and the lush forests of the Pacific ...

The Cascade Range exists because the Juan de Fuca plate (and its broken brother, the Explorer Plate) are sliding down underneath North America in a process called subduction. As that oceanic plate ...

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 ...

A blue highlighted area along the Cascade Range marks the location of the winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service in this screenshot taken on Nov. 28, 2023.

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 ...

The first major snow of the season is expected to fall Saturday in the Cascade Range in east Lane County, according to the National Weather Service. A winter weather advisory was issued for the ...

SEATTLE — Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in Washington’s Cascade Range, but that all changed 45 years ago when the sleeping giant woke up and erupted into Pacific Northwest ...

While studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range north of the California border, Oregon scientists recently discovered something they did not expect: an aquifer containing much more ...

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.

'Geologic gift': One of world's largest aquifers is buried below Oregon's Cascade Range. Zach Urness, Salem Statesman Journal. Sat, February 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM UTC. 13 min read.