#Cascade Mountains

[bettergeology]

Some moody forest shots from Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon (Oct. 2021).

[aimeekb]

Japanese Gardens, Portland, OR

[xoverit]

Tacoma, Washington. (May 2021)

[nocternalrandomness]

Tangerine set against the Cascade Mountains

[360nw]

Bend Oregon and the Three Sisters from Pilot Butte - June 2024

[vintagecamping]

A group of entomologists stop for lunch somewhere in the Cascades Oregon

1975

[dinosaurwithablog]

I love the Cascade mountains. It's sooooooo serene and beautiful 😍 being there restores my soul and brings me peace. 😍😊😌

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

And a PARTRIDGE* in a PEAR TREEEEEEE!!!**

Mt. Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura rainierensis)

Cascade Mountains of Washington, USA and British Columbia, Canada

Status: Threatened

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This ptarmigan subspecies was given protection in the USA this year. 🎉

*not technically a partridge **pear trees are not native to the Cascade mountains

[frommylimitedtravels]

Wandering around the backside of the Tatoosh Range - MRNP

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

mount rainier |2024|

[ancientstarrydynamo]

[eopederson2]

End of a road leading to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Chelan County, 2019.

Sadly on our 2019 trip this was as close to the Enchantments as I could get as we had to be in the BC Gulf Islands two days later.

[cpahlow]

Source: ryanresatka

[myanalogai]

North Cascades National Parke, Washington, USA. 35mm color negative film. Kodak Portra 400

[360nw]

Three Sisters from Sisters, Oregon - June 2024

[bettergeology]

Mount Hood

Mount Hood is the tallest peak in Oregon, over 11,240 feet. It's an active stratovolcano covered in glacial ice that last erupted about 240 years ago (in the 1780s, exact years unknown). The large crater that opens to the south near the summit was formed about 1,500 years ago, and the pinnacle standing in the middle - Crater Rock - was squeezed out like toothpaste in the most recent eruption (~240 years ago). The crater contains many active fumaroles and steam vents, hinting at the heat still within. The eruption that formed the crater is called the Timberline Eruptive Period. The collapse of the south face of the volcano deposited a huge debris fan that now appears as a gentle slope to the summit area. Timberline Lodge, a 1936 Works Progress Administration (WPA) project owned by the US Forest Service, is built on this debris fan and offers tremendous views of the southern glaciers, the summit cliffs, and the ski slopes that remain open to skiing through August most years.

These photos were taken in early August, 2022 on Kodak Gold film. Find more at my Flickr!