Ever since I drove through North Cascade National Park in 2009 I’ve wanted to go back. This time we would be going the recommended
way; east to west. We drove up the North
Cascades Scenic Highway 20 in Washington state.
It's
considered one of the U.S.
We crossed over
5,477 ft. Washington Pass
I think this
serrated hunk of rock is called Liberty Bell.
Another mountain along the way--maybe Colonial Peak
We passed over
the bridge which crossed Gorge
Creek Falls
More mountains. Probably
Pyramid Peak .This time I remembered to put the
polarizer filter on my camera to bring out the blue-blues in the sky.
I wish I could
show how massive these hulks of snowy rock really are. Just mind-boggling.
Another log
truck.
Diablo Lake . Gets its
turquoise color from the sediments in the water melting off all those glaciers.
Through a tunnel
drilled out of solid rock.
Another picket
fence of peaks on the other side.
We stopped at
the North Cascades National
Park Visitor
Center
11 comments:
BIG! Thank you for these amazing photos of bigness! I worked in these mountains one summer, clearing trail with a bunch of nature folks- using only machetes and gloves...had to be young!
Thanks for the lovely photos! Could almost smell the mountain air myself...
That reminded me of the opening credits for The Shining. Both take my breath away.
Oh I love these photos it reminds me of the train to Vancouver. Gotta love them mountains. Awesome Thank you. B
Oh my, I want to go there! Breath taking!
Spectacular!
gorgeous! love the snowy topped mountains...and the gorge...
although we have LOTS of log trucks here too...the scenery is nothing compared to THAT!! here it's just flatflatflat!
i love & miss the mountains!! thanks for the ride!
I was just thinking about the Shining, too, when you said they close the roads off in winter. ;)
Holy moly! Those are beyond words, really. Don't you love making'em pull over so you can get a good shot. Glad you could get away somewhere so beautiful.
Beautiful photos! I have not seen that area before so your photos were a real treat! I love the color of the mountain lakes and streams:)
What an amazing journey!
Thrilling to go with you.
So very different from our part of the world!
I LOVE Washington! You were so lucky to be the passenger---as you could look out the window and soak up the beauty. I made Eric pull over in Oregon for pictures in fairly unsafe places as well. :)
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