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Jun 4 2024

Tatoosh Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  One of five Wilderness areas near Mount Rainier National Park, the Tatoosh Wilderness Area shares a portion of the park’s southern boundary. The Tatoosh Range was used historically by […]

Jun 4 2024

Stephen Mather Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  Described by the National Park Service as “the heart of over two million acres of some of the wildest lands remaining”, the Stephen Mather Wilderness within North Cascades National […]

Jun 4 2024

San Juan Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  Just north of Puget Sound, where the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca converge, lies the San Juan Islands, an archipelago of some 700 islands, reefs, islets, and […]

Jun 4 2024

Salmo-Priest Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  Tucked amongst the Selkirk Mountains in the northeasternmost corner of Washington, the U-shaped 43,348-acre Salmo-Priest Wilderness borders Idaho and British Columbia. A vast network of streams and creeks flow […]

Jun 4 2024

Pasayten Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  Buttressing 50 miles of the Canadian border, lies the 530,031-acre Pasayten Wilderness. Home to the largest population of Canada lynx in the Lower 48, trips here also offer the promise […]

Jun 4 2024

Norse Peak Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  Located just northeast of Mount Rainier National Park lies the 52,294-acre Norse Peak Wilderness. Down the western slope of the Cascade Range, you will find a forest of Douglas […]

Jun 4 2024

Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  Named for the two creeks that flow through this 14,666 acre Wilderness, staggeringly steep ridges rise abruptly to the northeast and southwest of the creeks, with the peak of […]

Jun 4 2024

Mount Skokomish Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  The 13,015-acre Mount Skokomish Wilderness is located in the southeast portion of the Olympic National Forest, north of Lake Cushman. Stands of old-growth Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and western red […]

Jun 4 2024

Mount Rainier Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  More than 97% of Mount Rainier National Park is protected as Wilderness. With 26 named glaciers covering approximately 37 square miles, Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak […]

Jun 4 2024

Mount Baker Wilderness

Posted on Jun 4, 2024 in Washington's Wilderness Areas

ABOUT  Protecting 119,966 acres, thirteen glaciers covering more than 16 square miles have shaped this landscape dotted with lakes and tarns surrounded by vast alpine meadows and rocky peaks. Mount […]