The Insider's Guide to Visiting North Cascades National Park

Hiking near Stehekin in North Cascades National Park. Photograph by Justin Bailie.

We love North Cascades National Park for what it’s not: It’s not easy to get to, it’s not all that busy, and it’s not a simple park. The top part of the state’s Cascade spine is a patchwork of protected lands: a spread of national park here, a finger of national recreation land there, and a sliver of hydroelectric dams and powerhouses in the middle. The surrounding buffer of national forests and Canadian provincial parks makes for a large, wild chunk of the Pacific Northwest.

Still, the North Cascades are more welcoming than they seem, with a

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