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North Cascades Conservation Council.  P.O. Box 95980
Seattle, WA 98145-2980.

North Cascades Highway Weekly Update
North Cascades Highway weekly report on road and weather conditions from the Washington State Department of Transportation.

North Cascades National Park - National Park Service Web
The park encompasses high jagged peaks, steep ridges, deep valleys, countless cascading waterfalls and over 300 glaciers.  Also includes information on Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. 

North Cascades NP - Report on Park Conditions
Park Service site reports on general condition of the park, roads, trails, campgrounds, lakes and rivers.

North Cascades National Park
Site offers information about activities, camping, hiking, lodging, sights, weather and other park details.  Useful for planning a trip, vacation or obtaining additional information about the park.

North Cascades National Park (GORP)
Information on hiking, fishing, scenic driving, natural history, environment, travel, camping, lodging, glaciers, waterfalls, wildlife, and more.

Skagit Tours
Seattle City Light, Seattle's public utility, offers tours of the Skagit Hydroelectric Project on Ross Lake in the rugged North Cascades.  The featured tour is the Ross Dam tour and lasts about four hours and includes a brief film of the project, a 560-foot ride up Sourdough Mountain on the Incline Railway, a 25-minute boat cruise to the Ross Powerhouse and ends with an all-you-can eat chicken lunch with all the trimmings.   (Vegetarian spaghetti is available upon request when you make reservations for the tour.)  The Skagit Hydroelectric Project is located in the heart of the North Cascade Mountains, just 2 and one-half hours from downtown Seattle.

Wild Washington Campaign4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. #520, Seattle, WA 98103.  Phone: 206-633-1992, ext. 105; or, 509- 997-2354.  E-mail: info@wildwashington.org

The Wild Washington Campaign is a broad alliance of conservation, recreation, angling, religious and other grassroots organizations dedicated to permanently protecting roadless and wild public land across Washington State.
 

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Hiking the North Cascades
by Eric Molvar
Falcon Publishing Company, (April 1998)
Paperback, 388 pages

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Best Short Hikes in Washington's North Cascades & San Juan Islands
by E. M. Sterling, Bob Spring, Ira Spring
March 1994, Mountaineers Books, Paperback, 238 pages, (guidebook)
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