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W e l c o me !
Experience
the natural features
and cultural heritage
of the North Cascades.
We hope that you have a
safe and rewarding visit. The North Cascades with its wilderness,
glaciers, and watersheds are vital to the health of Pacific Northwest
natural resources. The Forest Service and the Park Service are meeting
challenges to both preserve and utilize these important resources. You
are also a steward of public lands. By working together to support
sustainable land management and minimize impact, we can preserve this
spectacular setting and maintain a high quality of life for future
generations.
Jon Vanderheyden
Mount Baker District Ranger
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
William F. Paleck
Superintendent
North Cascades National Park
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North Cascades
National Park Service Complex
www.nps.gov/noca
North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
and Ross Lake National Recreation Area total 684,000 acres. 93% of the
complex is designated as the Stephen Mather Wilderness.
Mt. Baker Ranger District
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs
The 530,000 acre district encompasses:
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness
- Sections of Glacier Peak Wilderness
- Skagit Wild & Scenic River System
- Mt. Baker National Recreation Area and Baker Lake
- Mt. Baker Scenic Byway and Heather Meadows
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Mount Shuksan glows above Picture Lake
Watersheds Connect us ALL
The life force of the Cascades, water plays a
crucial role in this unique ecosystem. The National Park Service and
Forest Service are working with each other and community partners to
ensure the protection of these fragile lands.
Forest Service River Rangers
This edition of the North
Cascades Challenger highlights watersheds and the ways they are
inextricably linked to your life and visit to this exquisite
region.
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Inside this guide
Forest & Park Watersheds Connect
Volunteers & Partners
Plan & Prepare
Travel Safe, Light on the Land
Skagit River System
Baker Lake & Mt. Baker NRA
Mt. Baker Scenic Byway SR 542
North Cascades Highway SR 20
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Newhalem
Environmental Learning Center
Natural History
Lake Chelan NRA & Stehekin
Research & Global Relations
Area Map and Offices
Watching the River Flow
Time passes as an instant in nature's
grand cycle. Eternity is captured in a drop of
water.
Celebrate thirty years of the Skagit River Bald Eagle Natural Area
and twenty years of the North Cascades Institute, an important
educational partner of the National Park Service and U.S. Forest
Service.
The apparently timeless North Cascades mountain landscape is being
continuously changed and reshaped by environmental factors. The most
potent and abundant factor, water in its many forms, is at the heart of
what makes the North Cascades a place of wonder.
Water falls on the mountaintops as rain and snow compacting into
flowing glacial ice that will carve its legacy in every stone. Water
melts and cascades down the mountainsides in rivulets becoming streams;
then rivers carry the mountains bit by bit to the sea.
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http://www.nps.gov/noca/challenger/challenger.htm