Cascade Pass
| Cascade Pass | |||
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 Hiking trail to the Cascade Pass |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 1643 m | ||
| county | Skagit County | Chelan County | |
| Watershed | Cascade River → Skagit River → Puget Sound | Lake Chelan → Chelan River → Columbia River | |
| Valley locations | Marblemount | Stehekin | |
| expansion | Hiking trails | ||
| Mountains | Cascade chain | ||
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 28 '3 " N , 121 ° 3' 33" W | ||
The Cascade Pass (also known as Skagit Pass ) is a 1643 m high pass that crosses the northern cascade range at Marblemount, Washington . The pass is in the North Cascades National Park .
It provides the fastest connection between the Cascade River and Lake Chelan and is only crossed by hiking trails. It can be reached from the west, from the Cascade River Road, via an approx. 5.6 km long hiking trail. The path continues east to Stehekin (Washington) .
The highest point of the path is at the tree line and allows a wide all-round view. It is also a meeting and starting point for mountaineers. To the north, a gentle ridge leads to the summit of Sahale Mountain , as well as the meadows of the Boston Basin and the peaks beyond. To the south, another ridge leads to Mixup Peak , Magic Mountain and Cache Col , making the Cascade Pass the entry point into the Ptarmigan Traverse , which leads to Dome Peak .
The pass was originally an Indian trade route between the coast and inland. New York reporter Frank Wilkeson was one of the first white men to explore and map the Cascade Pass . The explorer Alexander Ross crossed the Cascade Range using the Cascade Pass as early as 1814. However, his documents are too imprecise to pinpoint the route.
literature
- Fred Beckey: Cascade Alpine Guide: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass. Pp. 332-333.
- Ira Spring, Harvey Manning: 101 Hikes in the North Cascades. The Mountaineers, Seattle 1979, ISBN 0-916890-82-1 , pp. 80-81.
Individual evidence
- ↑ HK Hines: An Illustrated History of the State of Washington. The Lewis Publishing, Chicago, Illinois 1893, pp. 284-286.
- ↑ North Cascades Highway Dedication Issue ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.8 MB), Washington Highways (Washington State Department of Transportation), September 1972, p. 4. (viewed on March 21, 2013)
- ^ Lowell Skoog: The Ptarmigan Traverse - Then and Now.
- ↑ Fred Beckey: Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass. 3. Edition. The Mountaineers, Seattle 2003, ISBN 0-89886-423-2 , pp. 221, 360.
