nellipalooza OP t1_iugb7nd wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:31 AM

Reply to comment by satellite779 in Colonial Peak, North Cascades National Park by nellipalooza

TIL: SR20 and the lake are NOT technically part of the NP. Interesting! Thanks for the info

satellite779 t1_iugc1sk wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:38 AM

Yep! And many popular hikes don't even enter the park or just barely do, e.g. Maple/Heather pass, Easy pass etc. That's why North Cascades national park is the deadliest park in the US: not many visitors to the actual park (only 30k per year) and those that do enter the park are in real wilderness, not some 5 mile hikes off a state highway, so higher chance of something going wrong and no one to help.