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Backpacker Magazine North Cascades National Park: Cascade Pass 

Satisfy your wanderlust on this 7.2-mile out-and-back, which offers stop-and-gawk panoramas of the jagged Cascades blanketed by glaciers.


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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Date: 5 Oct 2005 9:27:17 PM
Activity: Hiking
State: Washington (WA)
Distance: 3.7 mi  (Change units)
Survey Elevation: Total Gain: 3928 ft
Total Loss: 1870 ft
Net Change: 2059 ft
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Tags: Marblemount, North Cascades National Park, Washington
Rating: Unrated   Rate it


TO TRAILHEAD: From Seattle, I-5 N to Burlington; R onto WA 20 E. At Marblemount, R onto Cascade River Rd.; go 23.1 mi. to Cascade Pass Trailhead. NW forest pass required for parking along road.


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CAS01

Dist: 3.70 mi Points: 1366
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Cascade Pass

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CAS001

Location: 48.475185°, -121.076401°
Begin from the well-marked Cascade Pass trailhead, listening for distant roar of falling ice on Johannesburg Mtn.

CAS002

Location: 48.476543°, -121.072479°
Keep trudging up 30-plus switchbacks before trail opens to talus slopes and impressive views

CAS003

Location: 48.478958°, -121.069000°
View of glacier-carved valley cradling N Fork of Cascade River

CAS004

Location: 48.474159°, -121.065536°
Continue along steep slope of valley wall. Native Americans once used this corridor as a mountain passage; later it became a gold prospectors' route

CAS005

Location: 48.470337°, -121.063896°
Catch good views of Johannesburg Mtn. before turning NW

CAS006

Location: 48.476643°, -121.064552°
Top of switchbacks; trail goes S

CAS007

Location: 48.472359°, -121.062378°
Rest in tranquil wildflower meadow

CAS008

Location: 48.471989°, -121.061699°
Terrain changes to barren alpine zone inhabited by friendly marmots and pikas

CAS009

Location: 48.470551°, -121.060402°
Traverse lengthy talus rise; good views upslope of Mt. Sahal. Caution: Trail is obvious, but footing is rough

CAS010

Location: 48.467541°, -121.059196°
Cascade Pass; SE vistas of glacier-capped Pelton Peak

CAS011

Location: 48.468269°, -121.057701°
Hike to end of pass for stellar views, photo ops; retrace steps to car

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