North Cascades National Park is not exactly overlooked but it is certainly one of the least visited of the NPs. These photos were from when I first decided to try and see (and photograph) all the National Park Service Units standing now at 429 while I am still at 366. I think that will change this spring. Anyway, North Cascades would not have been my choice to see if I had not thought “wouldn’t be cool to visit them all?” So we drove three hours out of our way and spent about 8 hours hiking a six mile trail in this park. Barely enough to say we were there. And what remote and beautiful country it is. Lots of snow even in early August and the traversing of a few spots more tricky than it appears. Anyway, would love to return to this park someday.

Photos here were shot in jpeg format with a six megapixel camera with a new and inexperienced operator although I did manage to point it in the required direction most of the time.