From the north where Mount Baker looms, down to where waterfalls rush, and further south to the brightly blue Ross Lake, these are some best hikes in the North Cascades!

Scoring a floating cabin at Ross Lake Resort takes a little planning. Many of this year’s visitors will sign up for next year before they depart—which means most cabins are spoken for a year in ...

Lake Crescent, Ross Lake, Lake Whatcom — much like sunshine in California and highway exits in New Jersey, Washington has cornered the lake market.

Most Washington paddlers get to Ross and its 19 remote boat-in campgrounds by launching at Colonial Creek Campground, just off the North Cascades Highway and on Diablo Lake's Thunder Arm.

Created in 1968, North Cascades National Park encompasses some 505,000 acres, with another 118,000 in adjacent Ross Lake National Recreation Area and 62,000 in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.

The North Cascades National Park Service Complex is asking for public feedback as it makes plans for some areas.

Camp beside a lake where both the highest overlook spot in the San Juan Islands (Mount Constitution) and Puget Sound’s teeming shoreline are nearby. Reduce your world to whatever you can pack into a ...

NEAR DIABLO LAKE, Wash. — A 51-mile stretch of State Route 20, also known as the North Cascades Highway, is closed due to two wildfires burning in the area. A section of the highway was already ...

In 2022, hydropower was responsible for two-thirds of the energy we use to light our homes and businesses here in Washington. But climate change is making hydropower less reliable these days.