May 31—Visiting a national park in Washington while enjoying a modicum of solitude has become a logistical feat: This summer, Mount Rainier National Park requires timed-entry reservations for Sunrise ...

They're known as the American Alps, and it doesn't take long in Washington's North Cascades to figure out why. Rows of jagged mountains cut across an impossibly vast horizon while aquamarine rivers ...

North Cascades National Park, two hours northeast of Seattle, is one of three national parks in Washington, and the least known. The other two – Mount Rainier and Olympic – are among the most visited ...

The Triplets emerge from the clouds in North Cascades National Park. Drew Perine Olympian file photo “I do recall that there was the centennial celebration of the National Park Service [in 2016],” ...

A section of major cross-state highway that closed earlier this month because of a wildfire in Washington state’s North Cascades National Park will reopen Wednesday. The Washington state Department of ...

Brendan Oates cried the first time he saw North Cascades National Park. “It was my first day working North Cascades, before I was working at a park in Kansas,” the park ranger told USA TODAY. “And I ...

Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to North Cascades National Park, federal officials announced Thursday. Wildlife biologists plan to airlift three to seven bears each summer into the rugged ...

Despite growing pains and staffing challenges, North Cascades National Park remains one of the most rewarding places to explore the mountains in Washington, if not the entire country. The superlative ...

SEATTLE – Visiting a national park in Washington while enjoying a modicum of solitude has become a logistical feat: This summer, Mount Rainier National Park requires timed-entry reservations for ...