![]() ![]() Below, instead of the world, I saw a sea of marshmallow clouds. hundreds of miles of pure snow-covered rocks and virgin lakes and high timber. In The Dharma Bums, he writes, "I went out in my alpine yard and there it was. In 1956, Canadian author Jack Kerouac found solace (and inspiration for two novels) in a cabin on Desolation Peak, where he worked for the Park Service as a fire spotter for 63 days. Arid-dwelling sagebrush and ponderosa pine grow in the peaks' rain shadow. When the winds reach the east, they are mostly wrung dry: Only 35 inches of precipitation fall in Stehekin at the head of Lake Chelan. Western red cedars, hemlocks, and Douglas firs luxuriate on slopes that receive 110 inches of precipitation a year. It hits the western slopes and rises, condensing to rain and snow. Moisture blows in from Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The western part of the park differs markedly from the east. Cascade Park is a nature park and former amusement park in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Those mountains eroded the Cascades you see today rose only five or six million years ago. About a hundred million years ago, the plate smashed into the North American continent, folding and crumpling into a mountain range as it lodged against the landmass. Over the eons a series of islands floated on their plate toward North America. A geological theory proposes that the mountains began as a micro-continent several hundred miles out in the Pacific Ocean. The range extends from British Columbia to northern California. The region forms part of the Cascade Range, named for its innumerable waterfalls. But today the main road (through Ross Lake NRA) and easy access into the park-on some of its nearly 400 miles of trails-also allow more casual visitors to experience the peaceful forests and the drama of the mountains. "A more difficult route to travel never fell to man's lot," complained trapper Alexander Ross, who came here in 1814. The wildness and ruggedness of the park especially lure hikers, backpackers, and mountaineers. It is separated into physically distinct segments stretching across 4.25 miles of downtown Tallahassee. Mountain lions and bobcats, seldom seen, help keep other wildlife populations in balance. The Capital Cascades Trail project is designed to provide a multi-faceted, multi-use stormwater and recreation facility and connected trail network. Mule deer and black-tailed deer graze the high meadows, where black bears gorge on berries and hoary marmots sunbathe. The park complex preserves virgin forests, fragile subalpine meadows, and hundreds of glaciers. Established in the 1850s, it was undeveloped until the 1890s and once. ![]() The two other units-Ross Lake National Recreation Area and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area-contain most visitor facilities. Tiny Cascade Park in Duluths Central Hillside has a huge history. The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. With glacier-clad peaks rising almost vertically from thickly forested valleys, the North Cascades are often called the American Alps. Size: 684,000 acres, includes two recreation areas ![]()
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