They're known as the American Alps, and it doesn't take long in Washington's North Cascades to figure out why. Rows of jagged mountains cut across an impossibly vast horizon while aquamarine rivers ...

SEATTLE – Visiting a national park in Washington while enjoying a modicum of solitude has become a logistical feat: This summer, Mount Rainier National Park requires timed-entry reservations for ...

If you like your lakes as blue as a lapis lazuli then there are plenty of places to pick from. You could mosey over to the jagged Dolomites to boat around in the pristine waters of Lago di Braies. You ...

If you’ve got an extra day and extra cash while you’re exploring Washington state’s North Cascades Scenic Highway, don’t end your road trip at Diablo Lake. Keep going. Drive another 90 to 115 ...

Despite growing pains and staffing challenges, North Cascades National Park remains one of the most rewarding places to explore the mountains in Washington, if not the entire country. The superlative ...

WINTHROP, Wash. — A 10-mile stretch of State Route 20, also known as the North Cascades, reopened Thursday afternoon after closing for hours due to a wildfire. The closure east of Diablo Lake, from ...

State Route 20 (SR 20)/the North Cascades Highway between mileposts 148 and 158 reopened Thursday afternoon after a wildfire caused a closure of the road, the Washington State Department of ...

A wildfire has forced the closure of North Cascades Hwy. (SR 20) west at milepost 158, a Washington Department of Transportation post on X said. The agency said no detour is available. SR 20 westbound ...