Climate researcher Mauri Pelto has watched 100 North Cascades glaciers disappear since the 1980s, with melting rates nearly ...

From Sept. 10-21, mountain goats will be captured in areas near Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park and released in the North Cascades. Where exactly they will be released is unclear.

Its jagged peaks are capped by more than 300 glaciers, and its alpine lakes feel otherworldly, but it offers quieter and deeper solitude.

Historically, the North Cascades were home to thousands of tribal members and mountain goats. After European colonization, the Sauk-Suiattle population reached its low around 1920, when there were ...