From the Methow the Cascade Loop heads straight up into mountain paradise in the North Cascades. Region 7 is home to the North Cascades National Park with its frighteningly jagged and glorious alpine peaks and many waterfalls. Known as the “North American Alps,” the North Cascades Highway takes you past amazing spiked peaks, gorgeous valleys […]
My heart beats a little faster as I approach the elegant Methow Valley, Region 6 of the Cascade Loop. If you haven’t got your camera out, this is the time as you drive (or cycle) between Pateros to the crest of the Cascade Mountains. Leaving Pateros, which is recovering nicely from last year’s wildfires, the […]
This summer or fall is the perfect time to drive all or just a region or two of the Cascade Loop, Washington’s Ultimate Road Trip.” According to “National Geographic Traveler, the 400-mile loop is “one of America’s grandest, most spectacular drives.” The Cascade Loop Association breaks the trip up into nine regions: Snohomish River Valley […]
