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I live just outside North Cascades NP. It's only backcountry accessible but is absolutely stunning and you likely won't see a single other person while out the

• ahelwer 7y ago
  Eh, Marblemount ranger station definitely has a line before opening on the weekends. Everything requires permits and permits go fast for the well-known stuff. No fees though, which is nice.
• seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  I remember car camping there once around 20 years ago, am I mis-remembering the park? The nps site, at least, provides some evidence that I’m not imagining that. https://www.nps.gov/noca/planyourvisit/camping.htm https://www.nps.gov/noca/planyourvisit/camping.htm
  • brudgers 7y ago
    The Ross Lake National Recreation Area is a corridor along Washington Highway 20. It bisects North Cascades National Park and the Park has two sections separated by it. The Recreation Area has car camping, Like the Park, it is under the National Park Service but has different rules. Technically, there is only backcountry camping in the park. But the car campgrounds are essentially surrounded by the it.
• craz8 7y ago
  I once drove 50 miles on the North Cascades highway and saw no-one. Mostly due to fires in the area though, so the air quality wasn’t great We stopped at one point and heard a motorbike come up the valley for 10 minutes before it passed us! And that’s a fairly main road - I can only imagine how isolated it is once you’re deep in the park