North Cascades National Park

English: - North Cascades National Park is an American national park located in Washington state.

Deutsch: - Der US-amerikanische Nationalpark North-Cascades-Nationalpark liegt in Washington. Seine Fläche beträgt 204 000 ha, die sich auf zwei getrennte Sektionen aufteilt. Auf seinen Gipfeln gibt es über 300 Gletscher, dies ist ungefähr die Hälfte aller Gletscher der Vereinigten Staaten (außer Alaska).

See also: Ross Lake National Recreation Area

Maps

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  Location in the United States
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  Regional map - northwestern Washington
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  Park map
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  Wilderness map
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  State Route 20 detail (aka: the North Cascades Highway)

Photos

Historical

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  Microblades from Cascade Pass
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  Spear point

Landscapes

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  Black Peak
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  Boston Peak (r) and Forbidden Peak (l)
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  Cascade Pass
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  Cascade Pass and Pelton Basin
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  Lower Curtis Glacier
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  Dagger Lake
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  Mount Degenhardt
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  Mount Degenhardt ridgeline
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  Mount Despair
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  Doubtful Lake from the Sahale Glacier
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  Eldorado Peak and glacier
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  Hidden Lake
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  Hurry-up Peak
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  Johannesburg Mountain
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  Ladder Creek Glacier
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  Little Devil Peak
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  Lousy Lake
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  Marble Creek Glacier
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  McAllister Glacier
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  Paul Bunyans Stump
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  Pelton Peak and Yawning Glacier
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  Point 7509 ft
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  Point 7762 ft
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  Sahale Mountain
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  Mount Shuksan panorama
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  Mount Shuksan
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  The Trapezoid
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  Thornton Lakes
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  Thunder Creek
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  Trappers Peak (near Thornton Lakes)
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    Mount Triumph
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  Whistler Mountain

Flora

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  Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis) cone debris
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  Subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) cones
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  Subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa)
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  Kinnikinnick; pinemat manzanita (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
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  Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
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  Sticky leaf arnica (Arnica ovata)
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  Giant mountain aster (Canadanthus modestus)
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  Umbellate wintergreen; pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)
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  Bunchberry/creeping dogwood (Cornus canadensis)
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  Alpine yellow fleabane (Erigeron aureus)
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  Subalpine larch (Larix lyallii)
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  Tiger lily (Lilium columbianum)
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  Partridgefoot (Luetkea pectinata)
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  Alpine mountain-sorrel (Oxyria digyna)
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  Yellow mountain-heath (Phyllodoce glanduliflora)
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  Northern hollyfern (Polystichum lonchitis)

Fauna

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  Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
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  Sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
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  Hydaspe fritillary (Speyeria hydaspe)