North Cascades National Park is a beautiful alpine ... Lastly, hike the demanding trail to Thornton Lake. This 10.5-mile round trip path weaves through forests to reveal one of the park's quietest ...

The North Cascades are among the largest wild areas ... On the west side you have Thornton Lake, which also has Trapper Peak that you can go to, and there's also Diablo Lake, but there's a lot ...

Ross Lake National Recreation Area, located near North Cascades National Park and providing alternate scenic hikes, is home to unadulterated beauty and pristine wildlife. Thornton Lakes Trail is ...

NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK—The grizzly bear ... On a chilly late October morning, Travis Van Noy and Aurora Potts set out for Thornton Lake, near the remote Picket Range, to retrieve two ...

(509.664.9200; search for “enchantment area wilderness permit”) In the North Cascades/Mount Baker region, head for Lake Ann, the Chain Lakes, Goat Lake, Dagger Lake, Thornton Lake, Pyramid Lake, ...

The top 5 national parks, as shown in Lake.com’s survey, include: North Cascades: A large blue lake surrounded by forest and snowy mountains in Washington with over 500,000 acres to explore ...

SEATTLE — Every summer, Sandy McKean and volunteers lug plastic jugs full of baby trout into the rugged wilderness of North Cascades National Park and plant them in alpine lakes for anglers to ...