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"The landscape of the North Cascades is
bounded by the Fraser River on the north, the Okanogan Highlands and
Columbia Plateau on the east, Snoqualmie Pass to the south, and the
Puget lowlands to the west.
Mountains, rising nearly from sea level,
are the signature of this magnificent place. Fifteen peaks tower over
9,000 feet while nearly 300 rise in elevation between 7,000 and 9,000
feet.
Torrents of water fall as rain and snow
here, and as a result, 519 glaciers cover over 90 square miles between
Snoqualmie Pass and the Canadian border. Lakes nestle in tight pockets
between sharp, often serrated ridges. Most of these lakes are natural,
while a few are reservoirs behind dams.
The North Cascades is a dramatic place
of deep-green hillsides and rock faces raked by streamers of cloud,
gleaming glaciers riven by crevasses, rivers racing under gray skies,
and ravens rolling on the wind."
--John C. Miles, Impressions of the North Cascades, 1996
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