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Cascade Range
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The Cascade Range is the interior range of the Pacific Northwestern United States. It stretches over 700 miles across Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Southern British Columbia, running parallel to the Pacific, about 100-150 miles inland.
The range is best known for its massive snow-capped volcanoes, which generally rise in isolation and are separated by great intervening plateaus. There is at least one relatively easy route to the summit of all Cascade volcanoes, although the highest, Mount Rainier (14,410 ft.), provides serious challenges even on its easier routes.
There are also many non-volcanic mountains in the range, most notably in the North Cascades of Washington, a 150-mile stretch of mountains south of the Canadian border. These peaks are smaller, seldom over 10,000 feet, but among them are literally hundreds of sharp rock peaks whose height differential, summit above base, often exceeds that of the higher peaks of the Sierra Nevada or Colorado Rockies. These mountains receive heavy snowfall and have extensive glaciers, offering the best ice and snow climbing in the lower 48 states. In addition to the heavy winter snows, the North Cascades are notorious for their low clouds and heavy warm weather rains. Thick rain forests cover the deep narrow valleys that surround the mountains, particularly from the west. This makes access to some of the peaks somewhat difficult, although roads and trails approach the most popular peaks, many of which are included in the North Cascades National Park.
Peaks of Cascade Range
Check out any of the following peaks for additional information:
- Abbott Butte - 6125 ft./1867 m.
- Abernathy Peak - 8321 ft./2536 m.
- Agnes Mountain - 8115 ft./2473 m.
- Alta Mountain - 6151 ft./1875 m.
- American Border Peak - 7994 ft./2437 m.
- Antler Peak - 7017 ft./2139 m.
- Argonaut Peak - 8453 ft./2576 m.
- Arthur Peak - 5465 ft./1666 m.
- Aspen Butte - 8208 ft./2502 m.
- Axis Mountain - 7550 ft./2301 m.
- Azurite Peak - 8400 ft./2560 m.
- Bald Eagle - 6241 ft./1902 m.
- Bandera Mountain - 5240 ft./1597 m.
- Banshee Peak - 7400 ft./2256 m.
- Barrier Peak - 6521 ft./1988 m.
- Bear Mountain - 7931 ft./2417 m.
- Bears Breast Mountain - 7197 ft./2194 m.
- Beckler - 5062 ft./1543 m.
- Bedal Peak - 6554 ft./1998 m.
- Beebe - 7416 ft./2260 m.
- Belknap Crater - 6872 ft./2095 m.
- Benzarino - 7720 ft./2353 m.
- Big Devil Peak - 7055 ft./2150 m.
- Big Four Mountain - 6160 ft./1878 m.
- Big Jim - 7763 ft./2366 m.
- Big Kangaroo - 8280 ft./2524 m.
- Big Lake Butte - 5197 ft./1584 m.
- Big Lou - 7763 ft./2366 m.
- Big Snagtooth - 8330 ft./2539 m.
- Bismarck Peak - 7585 ft./2312 m.
- Black Peak - 8970 ft./2734 m.
- Blackjack Mountain - 4485 ft./1367 m.
- Blue Lake Peak - 7808 ft./2380 m.
- Bonanza Peak - 9511 ft./2899 m.
- Boston Peak - 8894 ft./2711 m.
- Broken Top - 9175 ft./2797 m.
- Brown Mountain - 7340 ft./2237 m.
- Brown Peak - 6322 ft./1927 m.
- Bryant Peak - 5801 ft./1768 m.
- Buckner Mountain - 9112 ft./2777 m.
- Burney Mountain - 7863 ft.
- Burroughs Mountain - 7828 ft./2386 m.
- Cal Peak - 7489 ft./2283 m.
- Canadian Border Peak - 7516 ft./2291 m.
- Cape Horn - 7616 ft./2321 m.
- Carne Mtn - 7085 ft./2160 m.
- Cascade Peak - 7428 ft./2264 m.
- Cashmere Peak - 8501 ft./2591 m.
- Castle Mountain - 6658 ft./2029 m.
- Catleap - 7789 ft./2374 m.
- Chair Peak - 6238 ft./1901 m.
- Chikamin Peak - 7000 ft./2134 m.
- Chilly Mtn - 7960 ft./2426 m.
- Chimney Rock - 7727 ft./2355 m.
- China Hat - 6573 ft./2003 m.
- Chinook Peak - 6904 ft./2104 m.
- Choirboy - 2120 ft./646 m.
- Chutla Peak - 6000 ft./1829 m.
- Cinder Cone - 6906 ft./2105 m.
- Cinnamon Butte - 6417 ft./1956 m.
- Colchuck Peak - 8705 ft./2653 m.
- Coleman Ridge Peak - 7621 ft./2323 m.
- Colonial Peak - 7771 ft./2369 m.
- Columbia Peak - 7172 ft./2186 m.
- Concord Tower - 7560 ft./2304 m.
- Copper Mountain - 6280 ft./1922 m.
- Copper Point - 7840 ft./2390 m.
- Corteo Peak - 8080 ft./2463 m.
- Courtney Peak - 8392 ft./2558 m.
- Cousins Peak - 6740 ft./2054 m.
- Cowhorn Mountain - 7664 ft./2336 m.
- Cowlitz Chimneys - 7605 ft./2318 m.
- Crater Mountain - 8128 ft./2477 m.
- Crescent Mountain - 7816 ft./2382 m.
- Crooked Thumb - 8124 ft./2476 m.
- Crystal Mountain - 6998 ft./2133 m.
- Crystal Peak - 6595 ft./2010 m.
- Cultus Mountain - 6752 ft./2058 m.
- Cumulus Mtn. - 7340 ft./2237 m.
- Cutthroat Peak - 8050 ft./2454 m.
- Davis Peak - 7051 ft./2149 m.
- Deadwood Peak - 6290 ft./1917 m.
- Dege Peak - 7006 ft./2135 m.
- Del Campo - 6610 ft./2015 m.
- Denman Peak - 6006 ft./1831 m.
- Denny Mountain - 5522 ft./1683 m.
- Desolation Peak - 6102 ft./1860 m.
- Dewey Peak - 6710 ft./2045 m.
- Diamond Peak - 8744 ft./2665 m.
- Dickerman - 5723 ft./1744 m.
- Diobsud Buttes - 5892 ft./1796 m.
- Dome Peak - 8920 ft./2719 m.
- Dorado Needle - 8440 ft./2573 m.
- Double Peak - 6199 ft./1889 m.
- Doughgob - 6172 ft./1881 m.
- Downey Peak - 5924 ft./1806 m.
- Dragontail Peak - 8840 ft./2694 m.
- Dudly Spire - 7492 ft./2284 m.
- Eagle Peak - 5958 ft./1816 m.
- Easter Peak - 5326 ft./1623 m.
- Eightmile Mountain - 7996 ft./2437 m.
- Eldorado Peak - 8868 ft./2703 m.
- Elephant Butte - 7380 ft./2249 m.
- Elk Thurston Ridge - 4400 ft./1341 m.
- Enchantment Peak - 8250 ft./2515 m.
- Excelsior Peak - 5613 ft./1710 m.
- Fifes Peaks - 6880 ft./2097 m.
- Finney Peak - 5083 ft./1549 m.
- Fish Mountain - 6729 ft./2051 m.
- Fisher Peak - 8040 ft./2451 m.
- Floating Rock - 5120 ft./1561 m.
- Forbidden Peak - 8815 ft./2687 m.
- Fortress Mountain - 8760 ft./2670 m.
- Foss Peak - 6524 ft./1989 m.
- Four Jacks - 7828 ft./2386 m.
- Frisco Mountain - 7760 ft./2365 m.
- Galleon Peak - 5283 ft./1610 m.
- Gee Point - 4974 ft./1516 m.
- Gentle Mountain - 7552 ft./2302 m.
- Gilbert Mountain - 8023 ft./2445 m.
- Gilbert North Peak - 7917 ft./2413 m.
- Glacier Peak - 10541 ft./3213 m.
- Goat Island Mountain - 7288 ft./2221 m.
- Goat Rocks - 8184 ft./2494 m.
- Golden Horn - 8366 ft./2550 m.
- Goode Mountain - 9206 ft./2804 m.
- Goose Bump - 7377 ft./2249 m.
- Gothic Peak - 6213 ft./1894 m.
- Governors Ridge - 6614 ft./2016 m.
- Grabinet - 6882 ft./2098 m.
- Granite Mountain - 5629 ft./1716 m.
- Graybeard Peak - 7965 ft./2428 m.
- Green Mountain - 6500 ft./1981 m.
- Griffin Mountain - 5283 ft./1610 m.
- Grindstone Mountain - 7533 ft./2296 m.
- Grizzly Peak - 5920 ft./1804 m.
- Gunn Peak - 6245 ft./1903 m.
- Guye Peak - 5168 ft./1575 m.
- Half Moon - 7960 ft./2426 m.
- Half Nelson - 7146 ft./2178 m.
- Hall Peak - 5484 ft./1672 m.
- Hannegan Peak - 6187 ft./1886 m.
- Hidden Lake Peaks - 7088 ft./2160 m.
- High Hut Lookout - 4743 ft./1446 m.
- Hinkhouse Peak - 7560 ft./2304 m.
- Hit Me - 4480 ft./1366 m.
- Hock Mountain - 7750 ft./2362 m.
- Hogg Rock - 5080 ft./1548 m.
- Holliway Mountain - 8020 ft./2444 m.
- Honeymoon Hump - 7690 ft./2344 m.
- Hoodoo Butte - 5702 ft./1738 m.
- Hoot Owl - 7960 ft./2426 m.
- Howlock Mountain - 8351 ft./2545 m.
- Hozomeen - 8066 ft./2459 m.
- Hubbart Peak - 5936 ft./1809 m.
- Huckleberry Mountain - 6324 ft./1928 m.
- Humpback Mountain - 5174 ft./1577 m.
- Ice Box - 8112 ft./2473 m.
- Icy Peak - 7073 ft./2156 m.
- Indecision - 7945 ft./2422 m.
- Ingalls Peak, South Ridge - 7662 ft./2335 m.
- Iron Mountain - 6283 ft./1915 m.
- Jack Mountain - 9066 ft./2763 m.
- Joels Knoll - 7331 ft./2235 m.
- Johannesburg Mountain - 8200 ft./2499 m.
- Jumbo Mountain - 5840 ft./1780 m.
- Kaleetan Peak - 6259 ft./1908 m.
- Kangaroo Temple - 7572 ft./2308 m.
- Katsuk Peak - 8680 ft./2646 m.
- Kay Peak - 7556 ft./2303 m.
- Kelsay Mountain - 5974 ft./1821 m.
- Kendall Peak - 5784 ft./1763 m.
- Kinder Berg - 6160 ft./1878 m.
- Kitling Peak - 8003 ft./2439 m.
- Klawatti Peak - 8485 ft./2586 m.
- Kyes Peak - 7280 ft./2219 m.
- Labyrinth Mountain - 6380 ft./1945 m.
- Ladies Peak - 7708 ft./2349 m.
- Lane Peak - 6012 ft./1832 m.
- Lassen Peak - 10457 ft./3187 m.
- Lava Butte - 5020 ft./1530 m.
- Lexington Tower - 7560 ft./2304 m.
- Liberty Bell Mountain - 7720 ft./2353 m.
- Lichtenberg - 5844 ft./1781 m.
- Lincoln Peak - 9080 ft./2768 m.
- Little Annapurna - 8440 ft./2573 m.
- Little Tack - 7400 ft./2256 m.
- Little Tahoma - 11138 ft./3395 m.
- Little Tumy - 3360 ft./1024 m.
- Luna Peak - 8311 ft./2533 m.
- Lundin Peak - 6057 ft./1846 m.
- Macdonald Peak - 7300 ft./2225 m.
- Magic Mountain - 7610 ft./2320 m.
- Maiden Peak - 7818 ft./2383 m.
- Mailbox Peak - 4841 ft./1476 m.
- Mantis Peak - 7614 ft./2321 m.
- Marble Peak - 5110 ft./1558 m.
- Marcus Peak - 6962 ft./2122 m.
- McClellan Butte - 5162 ft./1573 m.
- McGregor Mountain - 8136 ft./2480 m.
- McNeeley Peak - 6786 ft./2068 m.
- Medicine Lake Volcano - 7913 ft./2412 m.
- Meebe - 6570 ft./2003 m.
- Melted Tower - 7920 ft./2414 m.
- Merchant Peak - 6113 ft./1863 m.
- Mesahchie Peak - 8795 ft./2681 m.
- Methow Pinnacles - 7562 ft./2306 m.
- Meulfire - 7930 ft./2417 m.
- Mineral Peak - 5255 ft./1602 m.
- Mix-up Peak - 7231 ft./2204 m.
- Monte Cristo Peak - 7136 ft./2175 m.
- Moolock - 4965 ft./1513 m.
- Morning Star Peak - 6020 ft./1835 m.
- Mother Lode - 7905 ft./2409 m.
- Mount Adams - 12276 ft./3741 m.
- Mount Aix - 7766 ft./2367 m.
- Mount Bachelor - 9068 ft./2764 m.
- Mount Bailey - 8368 ft./2551 m.
- Mount Baker - 10778 ft./3284 m.
- Mount Baring - 6125 ft./1867 m.
- Mount Beljica - 5475 ft./1669 m.
- Mount Blum - 7680 ft./2341 m.
- Mount Buckindy - 7320 ft./2231 m.
- Mount Bullen - 5974 ft./1821 m.
- Mount Catherine - 5052 ft./1540 m.
- Mount Challenger - 8207 ft./2501 m.
- Mount Chaval - 7127 ft./2172 m.
- Mount Cheam - 6903 ft./2104 m.
- Mount Cleveland - 5301 ft./1616 m.
- Mount Daniel - 7899 ft./2408 m.
- Mount Degenhardt - 8020 ft./2444 m.
- Mount Despair - 7292 ft./2223 m.
- Mount Fairchild - 6900 ft./2103 m.
- Mount Fernow - 9249 ft./2819 m.
- Mount Formidable - 8325 ft./2537 m.
- Mount Fremont - 7317 ft./2230 m.
- Mount Frosty - 7900 ft./2408 m.
- Mount Fury - 8292 ft./2527 m.
- Mount Garfield - 5519 ft./1682 m.
- Mount Garibaldi - 8786 ft./2678 m.
- Mount Hardy - 8080 ft./2463 m.
- Mount Higgins East - 5142 ft./1567 m.
- Mount Hinman - 7492 ft./2284 m.
- Mount Hood - 11237 ft./3426 m.
- Mount Index - 6010 ft./1832 m.
- Mount Jefferson - 10497 ft./3199 m.
- Mount Larrabee - 7861 ft./2398 m.
- Mount Logan - 9087 ft./2770 m.
- Mount Magrst - 5528 ft./1685 m.
- Mount Maude - 9082 ft./2768 m.
- Mount McLoughlin - 9495 ft./2894 m.
- Mount Persis - 5464 ft./1665 m.
- Mount Pilchuck - 5340 ft./1628 m.
- Mount Prophet - 7579 ft./2310 m.
- Mount Rainier - 14411 ft./4392 m.
- Mount Redoubt - 8969 ft./2734 m.
- Mount Remmel - 8685 ft./2647 m.
- Mount Roosevelt - 5835 ft./1779 m.
- Mount Ross - 6052 ft./1845 m.
- Mount Saint Helens - 8364 ft./2549 m.
- Mount Scott - 8934 ft./2723 m.
- Mount Sefrit - 7191 ft./2192 m.
- Mount Shasta - 14162 ft./4317 m.
- Mount Shuksan - 9127 ft./2782 m.
- Mount Si - 4167 ft./1270 m.
- Mount Spickard - 8979 ft./2737 m.
- Mount Stuart - 9415 ft./2869 m.
- Mount Teneriffe - 4788 ft./1459 m.
- Mount Terror - 8151 ft./2484 m.
- Mount Thielsen - 9178 ft./2797 m.
- Mount Torment - 8120 ft./2475 m.
- Mount Triumph - 7271 ft./2216 m.
- Mount Washington - 7794 ft./2376 m.
- Mount Washington - 4420 ft./1347 m.
- Mount Wow - 6040 ft./1841 m.
- Mt. Ashland - 7500 ft./2286 m.
- Mt. Yoran - 7100 ft./2164 m.
- Naches Peak - 6452 ft./1967 m.
- Natal - 7800 ft./2377 m.
- Nelson Butte - 7160 ft./2182 m.
- Nestor Peak - 3088 ft./941 m.
- New Morning Peak - 7230 ft./2204 m.
- Newberry Volcano - 7986 ft./2434 m.
- North Early Winters Spire - 7760 ft./2365 m.
- North Gardner Mountain - 8956 ft./2730 m.
- North Twin Sister - 6640 ft./2024 m.
- Odell Butte - 7032 ft./2143 m.
- Olallie Butte - 7219 ft./2200 m.
- Old Desolate - 7137 ft./2175 m.
- Old Snowy - 7930 ft./2417 m.
- Outpost - 7910 ft./2411 m.
- Oval Peak - 8795 ft./2681 m.
- Painters Thumb - 6744 ft./2056 m.
- Paul Bunyans Stump - 7480 ft./2280 m.
- Peak 6271 - 6271 ft./1911 m.
- Peak 6870 - 6870 ft./2094 m.
- Peak 7450 Three Wives - 7450 ft./2271 m.
- Peak 7482 - 7482 ft./2281 m.
- Peak 7505 (Neve Peak) - 7505 ft./2288 m.
- Pelican Butte - 8036 ft./2449 m.
- Phantom Peak - 8000 ft./2438 m.
- Pica Peak - 7565 ft./2306 m.
- Pilot Butte - 4142 ft./1262 m.
- Pilot Peak - 7088 ft./2160 m.
- Pinnacle Peak - 6562 ft./2000 m.
- Pinnacle Peak - 7360 ft./2243 m.
- Plummer Mountain - 7870 ft./2399 m.
- Plummer Peak - 6370 ft./1942 m.
- Poe Mountain - 6015 ft./1833 m.
- Point 5868 - 5868 ft./1789 m.
- Point 6951 - 6951 ft./2119 m.
- Point 8183 Joey - 8183 ft./2494 m.
- Porcupine - 7762 ft./2366 m.
- Prairie Mtn. - 5678 ft./1731 m.
- Primus Peak - 8508 ft./2593 m.
- Prusik Peak - 7858 ft./2395 m.
- Pugh - 7201 ft./2195 m.
- Pyramid Peak - 6937 ft./2114 m.
- Pyramid Peak - 7182 ft./2189 m.
- Rainy Peak - 7768 ft./2368 m.
- Rampart Ridge - 5870 ft./1789 m.
- Rattlesnake Mountain - 3294 ft./1004 m.
- Red Mountain - 5890 ft./1795 m.
- Reed Peak - 7523 ft./2293 m.
- Repulse Peak - 7923 ft./2415 m.
- Reynolds Peak - 8512 ft./2594 m.
- Round Mountain - 5320 ft./1622 m.
- Ruby Mountain - 7408 ft./2258 m.
- Russian Butte - 5123 ft./1561 m.
- Ruth Mountain - 7115 ft./2166 m.
- Sahale Mountain - 8680 ft./2586 m.
- Sand Mountain - 5459 ft./1664 m.
- Satulick Mountain - 5577 ft./1700 m.
- Sauk Mountain - 5541 ft./1689 m.
- Scott Peak - 5288 ft./1612 m.
- Seahpo Peak - 7441 ft./2268 m.
- Seven Fingered Jack - 9077 ft./2767 m.
- Seymour Peak - 6337 ft./1932 m.
- Sheep Mountain - 6166 ft./1879 m.
- Sherpa Peak - 8605 ft./2623 m.
- Shriner Peak - 5834 ft./1768 m.
- Silver Peak - 5605 ft./1708 m.
- Silver Star Mountain - 8876 ft./2705 m.
- Sinister Peak - 8440 ft./2573 m.
- Skyscraper Mountain - 7078 ft./2157 m.
- Slesse - 8002 ft./2439 m.
- Slide Mountain - 6339 ft./1932 m.
- Sloan Peak - 7835 ft./2388 m.
- Sluiskin Mountain - 7026 ft./2142 m.
- Snoqualmie Mountain - 6278 ft./1914 m.
- Snowbowl Hut Overlook - 4477 ft./1365 m.
- Snowfield Peak - 8347 ft./2544 m.
- Snowgrass - 7993 ft./2436 m.
- Soda Mountain - 6091 ft./1857 m.
- Sonny Boy - 6971 ft./2125 m.
- Sourdough Mountain - 6112 ft./1824 m.
- South Creek Butte - 7670 ft./2338 m.
- South Early Winters Spire - 7807 ft./2380 m.
- South Sister Volcano - 10358 ft./3157 m.
- South Twin Sister - 7000 ft./2134 m.
- Sperry Peak - 6120 ft./1865 m.
- Spider Mountain - 8280 ft./2524 m.
- Spire Point - 8264 ft./2519 m.
- Spring Mountain - 5770 ft./1759 m.
- Squak Mountain - 2028 ft./618 m.
- Stay Peak - 4480 ft./1366 m.
- Stevens Peak - 6510 ft./1984 m.
- Stiletto Peak - 7660 ft./2335 m.
- Sunny Girl - 5994 ft./1827 m.
- Table Mountain - 5742 ft./1750 m.
- Tahtlum Peak - 6567 ft./2002 m.
- Tamanos Mountain - 6790 ft./2070 m.
- Tar Heel - 7160 ft./2182 m.
- Tatoosh Peak - 6310 ft./1923 m.
- Temple - 3407 ft./1038 m.
- The Ark - 5339 ft./1627 m.
- The Castle - 6440 ft./1963 m.
- The Fin - 7360 ft./2243 m.
- The Husband - 7524 ft./2293 m.
- The Needles - 8170 ft./2490 m.
- The Palisades - 7070 ft./2155 m.
- The Pulpit - 4523 ft./1379 m.
- The Tooth - 5604 ft./1708 m.
- The Triad - 7550 ft./2301 m.
- The Triplets - 7240 ft./2207 m.
- Three Fingered Jack - 7841 ft./2390 m.
- Three Fingers - 6854 ft./2089 m.
- Three Sisters - 10358 ft./3157 m.
- Three Way Peak - 6796 ft./2071 m.
- Tiger Mountain - 3004 ft./916 m.
- Tolmie Peak - 5939 ft./1810 m.
- Tomyhoi Peak - 7435 ft./2266 m.
- Tower Mountain - 8444 ft./2574 m.
- Trapper Mountain - 7530 ft./2295 m.
- Trappers Peak - 5966 ft./1818 m.
- Tumalo Mountain - 7779 ft./2371 m.
- Tumtum Peak - 4678 ft./1426 m.
- Twin Peaks - 5325 ft./1623 m.
- Unicorn Peak - 6971 ft./2125 m.
- Union Peak - 7714 ft./2351 m.
- Vasiliki Tower - 7920 ft./2414 m.
- Vega Tower - 5480 ft./1670 m.
- Vesper Peak - 6214 ft./1894 m.
- Wahpenayo Peak - 6231 ft./1899 m.
- Wallaby Peak - 7995 ft./2437 m.
- Wenatchee Mountain - 6742 ft./2055 m.
- Whatcom Peak - 7574 ft./2309 m.
- Whillickers - 4508 ft./1374 m.
- Whim Peak - 4800 ft./1463 m.
- Whistler Mountain - 7790 ft./2374 m.
- White Chuck - 6989 ft./2130 m.
- White Prairie - 5040 ft./1536 m.
- Whitehorse Mountain - 6840 ft./2085 m.
- Winchester Mountain - 6521 ft./1988 m.
- Yakima Peak - 6226 ft./1898 m.
- Yamsay Mountain - 8196 ft./2498 m.
- Yellowjacket Tower - 4500 ft./1372 m.