Cascade Range

The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. The small part of the range in British Columbia is called the Cascade Mountains.

High Cascades

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• Mount Garibaldi (British Columbia) - heavily eroded by glaciers and has three principal peaks.
• Mount Baker (Near the United States-Canada border) - highest peak in northern Washington. It still shows some steam activity from its crater, though it is considered dormant.
• Glacier Peak (northern Washington) - secluded and relatively inaccessible peak. Contrary to its name, its glacial cover isn't that extensive.
• Mount Rainier (southeast of Tacoma, Washington) - highest peak in the Cascades, it dominates the surrounding landscape.
• Mount St. Helens (southern Washington) - Erupted in 1980, completely leveling the surrounding area and sending ash across the northwest. The northern part of the mountain was destroyed in the blast (see 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption).
• Mount Adams (east of Mount St. Helens) - the second highest peak in Washington.
• Mount Hood (northern Oregon) - the highest peak in Oregon and the most frequently climbed major peak in the Cascades.
• Mount Jefferson (northcentral Oregon) - the second highest peak in Oregon.
• Three Fingered Jack (northcentral Oregon) - Highly eroded Pleistocene volcano.
• Mount Washington (between Santiam and McKenzie passes) http://areas.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaname=Mount%20Washington%20Wilderness&CU_ID=144
• Three Sisters (near the town of Bend, Oregon) - South Sister is the highest and youngest, with a well defined crater. Middle Sister is more pyramidal and eroded. North Sister is the oldest and has a crumbling rock pinnacle.
• Broken Top (to the southeast of South Sister) - contains Bend Glacier
• Newberry Volcano and Newberry Caldera - isolated caldera with two crater lakes. Very variable lavas. Flows from here have reached the city of Bend.
• Mount Bachelor (near Three Sisters) - a popular ski resort.
• Mount Bailey (north of Mount Mazama)
• Mount Thielsen (east of Mount Bailey)
• Mount Mazama (southern Oregon) - detonated thousands of years ago and now known as Crater Lake, which is a caldera formed by a catastrophic eruption which took out most of the summit. Mt. Mazama is estimated to have been about 11,000 ft. elevation prior to the blast.
• Mount McLoughlin (near Klamath Falls, Oregon) - presents a symmetrical appearance when viewed from Klamath Lake.
• Medicine Lake Volcano - a large shield volcano in northern California
• Mount Shasta (northern California) - second highest peak in the Cascades. Can be seen as far as the Sacramento Valley, 60 miles away, as it is a dominating feature of the region.
• Lassen Peak (south of Mt. Shasta) - southernmost volcano in the Cascades and the most easily climbed peak in the Cascades, it erupted 1914-1921