Oregon Cascades Travel Information

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The Cascade Range, which runs north-south from Northern California to Canada, is known for its massive, snow-capped mountains and the rich temperate rainforests on their western flanks. Mount Hood (11,239) is the highest peak in Oregon and the most frequently climbed major peak in the Cascades. It is also home to five developed ski areas (there are nine in all within the range. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon's only national park, falls within the range.

Six national forests touch the Oregon Cascades; the largest on the western slopes is the Willamette National Forest, with seven major Cascade peaks; parallel to it on the east, it's the Deschutes National Forest. Each encompasses more than 1.6 million acres, and each extends more than 100 miles along its respective Cascades slopes.

With so many national forests and wilderness areas, recreation in the Cascades includes fishing, hunting, backpacking, cross-country and downhill skiing, and camping set amid its diversely scenic backdrop of volcanic mountains, alpine and evergreen forests, mountain lakes, caves, desert areas.

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