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North Cascades National Park Service Complex
Cross-country Zones
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| NPS/Alex Brun | | A climber surveys the route ahead. |
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Cross-country travel in the North Cascades is a rewarding and revealing experience for those who are prepared to undertake its rigors. Routefinding is an essential skill, and travel requires greater care in order to protect the wild country you are passing through.
To protect this wild experience, please follow the following regulations: Cross-country zones begin a mile from designated camps and a half mile from trails—out of site as well. When traveling cross-country, camping is allowed only on durable surfaces such as snow, rock, or bare ground. Camping in meadows or within 100 feet of water sources is not allowed. Fires are not allowed. Human waste must be buried in a cathole or (when above treeline in snow or on glaciers) carried out in a blue bag.
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KEY to Cross Country Zones
Zone name – Corresponds to cross country zones as shown on the Wilderness Trip Planner Map (18x22 PDF 1,802 KB). This document is available by calling the Wilderness Information Center, or the Sedro-Woolley Information Center, or email us to request a copy.
Maximum party size – Maximum number of people that are allowed in each party. Most zones allow only 6 people per party; however, some of the most easily accessibly zones allow 12. Stock parties take note: Where stock are allowed, the maximum party size includes number of people and stock combined—no more than 6 total pairs of eyes.
Maximum number of parties – Maximum number of permits issued for each zone for each night. Each party requires one permit.
Comments – Additional information about a specific cross country zone
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Zone Name
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Maximum party size
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Maximum number of parties
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Comments
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Arriva
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6
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6
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Bacon Peak
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6
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3
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Battalion
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6
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2
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Bear Mountain
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6
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6
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Benzarino
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6
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3
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Berdeen
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6
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3
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Blum
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6
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2
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Boston Basin
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12
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6
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Very popular zone; composting toilets at upper and lower elevations
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Boston Glacier
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6
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6
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Bouck
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6
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6
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Buckner
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6
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6
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Castle Rock
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6
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2
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Colonial
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6
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6
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Challenger
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6
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6
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Copper Mountain
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6
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2
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Crescent Creek
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6
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6
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Davis Peak
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6
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3
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Dee Dee Lakes
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6
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1
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Stock parties allowed
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Depot
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6
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6
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Despair
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6
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3
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Easy Ridge
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6
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4
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Eldorado
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12
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6
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Popular zone; human waste left on snow is a problem, use blue bags and carry them out
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Elephant Butte
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6
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6
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Elija Ridge
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6
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2
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Forbidden
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12
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6
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Goode
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6
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6
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Hidden Lake
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12
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3
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Hock
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6
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2
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Hozomeen
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6
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3
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Icy
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12
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6
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Inspiration
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12
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6
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Johnannesburg
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6
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6
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Kettling
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6
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2
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Klawatti
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6
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6
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Little Chilliwack
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6
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6
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Little Jack
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6
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1
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Logan
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6
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6
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Luna
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6
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6
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Marble Creek
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6
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3
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McGregor
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6
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6
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Middle Lakes
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6
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3
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Nooksack
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12
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6
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Perfect Pass
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6
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1
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Pioneer Ridge
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6
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2
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Price
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12
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6
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Prophet
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6
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3
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Purple
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6
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3
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Stock parties allowed
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Ragged Ridge
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6
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3
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Rainbow Ridge
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6
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2
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Stock parties allowed
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Rennie
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6
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3
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Stock parties allowed
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Ruby
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6
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3
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Snowfield
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6
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6
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Sourdough
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6
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6
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Spickard
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6
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3
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Starvation Ridge
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6
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3
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Stiletto
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6
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3
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Stout Lakes
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6
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3
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Sulphide Glacier
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12
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6
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Very popular zone; composting toilets at upper and lower elevations
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Tapto Lakes
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6
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3
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Popular zone
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Teebone
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6
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3
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Terror Basin
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6
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6
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Tolo
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6
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2
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Torment Basin
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12
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6
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Triad
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12
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6
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Triplet Lakes
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6
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6
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Stock parties allowed
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Triumph
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6
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2
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Popular zone
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Did You Know?
North Cascades NPSC has over 300 glaciers, more than any other park in the lower 48 states. More than half the glaciers in the 48 states are concentrated in this mountainous wilderness region called the North Cascades.
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Last Updated: April 29, 2008 at 12:31 EST |
