Cas·cade Range

(kăs-kād′)

A mountain chain of western Canada and the United States extending about 1,100 km (700 mi) south from British Columbia through western Washington and Oregon to northern California, where it joins the Sierra Nevada. Mount Rainier, 4,392 m (14,411 ft), is the highest peak and one of many snow-capped volcanic cones in the range.

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Cascade Range

(Placename) a chain of mountains in the US and Canada: a continuation of the Sierra Nevada range from N California through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Rainier, 4392 m (14 408 ft)

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Cascade′ Range′

a mountain range extending from N California to W Canada. Highest peak, Mt. Rainier, 14,408 ft. (4322 m).

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Noun

Cascade Range - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range

Cascade Mountains, Cascades

Northwest, northwestern United States - the northwestern region of the United States

Mount Saint Helens, Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens - an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity

Mount Adams, Adams - a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)

Coast Mountains, Coast Range - a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California

Mount Ranier, Mount Tacoma, Mt. Ranier, Ranier - a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)

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We knew we had found "the one" when we discovered a 3/4-acre parcel that was within walking distance of the little town of Winthrop, yet was perched atop a ridge with perfect views of the Cascade Range. We formed an LLC and purchased the land together.

Zero-Energy Retreat: Two families banded together to build an energy-efficient getaway in the mountains for themselves as well as renters

Illustrated throughout with full color photography, "Avalanche Dog Heroes: Piper and Friends Learn to Search the Snow" is a nonfiction picture book that draws parallels between kids' experiences in elementary school and the training days of the avalanche rescue dogs of Crystal Mountain, Washington State's largest ski resort, located in the Cascade Range. Young readers ages 7-10 can follow along with Piper, a friendly border collie who came to the mountain as a smart but timid shelter dog, terrified by everything, as she confidently heads off to school on a chairlift to meet her canine classmates.

Avalanche Dog Heroes

The Cascade Range can easily accommodate three times as many goats as its current population, Harris said, and he expects the new arrivals will eventually flourish in their ancestral land.

Goats Go Home: Olympic National Park's nonnative mountain goats are being rounded up and shipped to the Cascade Mountains

Forest Service biologist John Rohrer, who had been live-trapping wolverines in Washington's northern Cascade Range every winter since 2006.

A Wolverine Revival

"And that's kind of sad, because they're coming into the most beautiful part of the Cascades." And that is the reason my two backpacking companions and I chose to hike a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail just south of Stevens Pass, in early August, before the wildfires in British Columbia and Washington turned the Cascade Range into the Smoky Mountains.

A day with long-haul hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail

Less than 85 miles from Seattle, the resort sits on the crest of the Cascade Range within two national forests the Mt.

Vail Resorts Closes USD 64m Acquisition of Stevens Pass Resort in Washington State, USA

The first major snowstorm of the year is hitting Oregon's Cascade Range just in time to usher in the state's studded-tire season.

Here it comes: Snow in the passes

From the Puget Lowland to East of the Cascade Range: Geologic Excursions in the Pacific Northwest

SPOKANE, Wash., Dhu-AlQa'dah 12, 1436, August 27, 2015, SPA -- Smoke from big wildfires burning east of the Cascade Range hurt air quality Wednesday and hampered efforts by crews battling the flames in Washington state, according to AP.

Fire crews battle smoky conditions, flames in Washington