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Take a tour of North Cascades Environmental Learning Center
Venture up the Skagit River deep into the mountains. Hike beneath towering cedars and fern-draped maples. Paddle a canoe on glacier-fed Diablo Lake. Learn with scientists studying salmon and songbirds, or paint Pyramid Peak bathed in evening light. Welcome to North Cascades Environmental Learning Center – our new field campus in North Cascades National Park.
North Cascades Institute operates North Cascades Environmental Learning Center in partnership with the City of Seattle and the National Park Service. Modeling earth-friendly design and operations, the tree-sheltered campus features 16 buildings clustered on the north shore of Diablo Lake in North Cascades National Park. Facilities include:
- – Multimedia classrooms, a research library and aquatic and terrestrial labs
- – Overnight lodging for up to 69 participants, graduate students and staff
- – A lakeside dining hall with recycling/composting center
- – An amphitheater, outdoor learning shelters and trails leading into the surrounding wildlands
- – A dock on Diablo Lake for paddling adventures
- – ADA-accessible facilities and paths along the lakeshore and nearby Deer Creek
