Significant Cascade Mountain Peaks. Mount Rainier: Mt. Rainier stands 14,411 ft. and is the highest peak in the Cascade Range, and in Washington state. This active stratovolcano is the most ...

Amtrak Cascades will see a major upgrade next year. Amtrak recently unveiled new “Northwest-styled” trains joining the Amtrak ...

SEATTLE — Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in Washington’s Cascade Range, but that all changed 45 years ago when the sleeping giant woke up and erupted into Pacific Northwest ...

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains ...

While studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range north of the California border, Oregon scientists recently discovered something they did not expect: an aquifer containing much more ...

A blue highlighted area along the Cascade Range marks the location of the winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service in this screenshot taken on Nov. 28, 2023.

The first major snow of the season is expected to fall Saturday in the Cascade Range in east Lane County, according to the National Weather Service. A winter weather advisory was issued for the ...

On Dec. 28, after a three-day search-and-rescue mission that involved 60 people and the U.S. Coast Guard, two men from Portland were found dead in a remote forested area of southwest Washington State.

'Geologic gift': One of world's largest aquifers is buried below Oregon's Cascade Range. Zach Urness, Salem Statesman Journal. Sat, February 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM UTC. 13 min read.