Lewis and Clark referred to them as the “Western Mountains.” Boston-based Oregon Country enthusiast Hall J. Kelley wanted to rename the individual peaks for commanders-in-chief and call the whole ...

With last week’s dumping of snow in the mountains followed by this week’s heavy downpour of warmer-than-normal rain, the Northwest Avalanche Center has issued its highest warning for the back country ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Heavy snowfall and high winds on Tuesday kept searchers away from a remote, jagged peak in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, where an avalanche killed three climbers from the northeastern ...

Some of the wildest country in the U.S. is in Washington state's Cascade Range, reached by old logging and jeep roads that give way to high alpine trails. NPR's Brian Mann sends an audio postcard.

SEATTLE — A blizzard warning remains effect through Wednesday morning for the Cascade and Olympic mountains as a winter storm moves through western Washington bringing heavy snow, strong winds, and ...

When I heard that eastern Oregon counties are thinking of joining Idaho, I wrote a letter to the editor of 12 eastern Oregon and eastern Washington newspapers suggesting that the citizens of those ...

A winter storm warning has been issued for the Cascade Mountains in Whatcom, Skagit, Pierce and Lewis counties of Washington state, starting at 5 p.m. Monday, April 7, and ending at 5 p.m. Tuesday, ...

Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug., 1981), pp. 339-356 (18 pages) The relative age of late Quaternary glacial deposits above 1600 m in Hell Roaring Valley on Mount Adams, Washington, is ...

One of the most prominent peaks in the Cascade Range has no name, and due to a legal quirk it will forever remain officially nameless. So my wife and I call it “Bob.” You’ve seen Bob if you’ve driven ...

When NPR's Brian Mann travels on assignment, he looks for wild and rugged places to explore. Sometimes that means winding up in places he never expected, like the Cascade Range in southern Washington ...