Mount Rainer (4,392m / 14,411ft) aka Tahoma or Tacoma, is the highest mountain in the Cascade Range. Rainier is an active stratovolcano, and is featured on the Decade Volcano list (a list of 16 volcanos considered to be particular dangerous due to their activity, chemistry and proximity...
North America is home to six species of wildcats. Learn more about the wildcats of North America with pictures and videos.
California’s rugged Pacific coastline certainly has no shortages of scenic beauty but few locations can match the splendour of the Alamere Falls where the waters cascade over a cliff face directly to the ocean below. Such coastal waterfalls, sometimes referred to as tidefalls, are fairly unusual...
1. Take I-5 North to Stateroad 20 East to the park. 2. Take I-82 North to I-90 West to I-5 North to Stateroad 20 West to the park. 3. Take I-82 North to I-90 East to Stateroad 281 North to Stateroad 28 / Highway 2 / 97 North to Stateroad 153 North to Stateroad 20...
View Guide/Map Skagit Food Trail A self-guided journey through local gardens, family-owned farms, markets, bakeries, eateries, artisanal producers, farmstays, and experiences of the magical Skagit River Valley & Salish Sea. Nestled between the Cascade Mountains and the Salish Sea, cared for by ...
a time of beauty. The skies are normally cloudless blue and the weather is crisp and cool. Early morning fog blankets the lower valleys, and rivers and streams run crystal clear. It is at the end of the rainy season and waterfalls cascade down mountain slopes and moisture is 100 percent....
LocationThe Cascade Mountains of Washington, USA.MethodsWe surveyed vegetation across previously undocumented home ranges of mountain goats, which we determined via GPS telemetry and tracking. We used non-hierarchical cluster analysis to identify vegetation communities found therein. We linked the results ...
Every year, beginning around late February, the setting sun hits Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall at just the right angle to light the cascade in blazing orange and red hues, giving the appearance of flowing fire or lava. To celebrate the spectacle, we’re exploring the world’s most stunning ...
Volcanismin theCenozoic Era(i.e., roughly the past 65 million years) is related to subduction-zone processes,mantleplumes, and crustal stretching. Volcanic arcs occur in theLesser Antilles, Central America,Mexico, theCascade Range, theGulf of Alaska, and theAleutian Islands. Vast areas of Mexico...
andCaliforniaCoast Ranges. From north to south the east side of the H consists of theCanadian Coast Mountains, the Cascade Range, and theSierra Nevada. TheKlamath Mountainsof southern Oregon and northern California make up the east-west cross in the centre of the H, while theTransverse Ranges...