National Park Guide

North Cascades Field Guide

A complete planning guide to North Cascades National Park. Covers the park's three-part complex (the North and South Units plus the Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas), the seasonal closure of Highway 20 and how it reshapes trip planning, the glacier-fed turquoise color of Diablo Lake, the Skagit hydroelectric project and the company town of Newhalem, the boat-only village of Stehekin at the head of Lake Chelan, backcountry permits and bear canister rules, the Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm hikes, grizzly recovery efforts, and the official NPS park map.

What's inside

• ✓Highway 20's seasonal closure and how it splits the park into two halves each winter
• ✓Diablo Lake's glacial-flour turquoise color and the Skagit hydroelectric dam tours
• ✓Stehekin — the boat-only village at the head of Lake Chelan with no road access
• ✓Cascade Pass, Sahale Arm, and the park's best day hikes and backcountry routes