CASCADE PASS, WASHINGTON 



Cascade Pass, below Glacier Peak, Washington, is one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring mountain 

 sights in the Northwest. The peak is a rugged mountain mass, 10,436 feet above sea level, according to the United 

 States Geological Survey, and the so-called " pass " is an eternal glacier, a great river of ice, moving slowly 

 down its steep valley. The timber line creeps up to the very foot of the glacier, represented by majestic mountain 

 spruce and sugar pines 100 and 150 feet in height. The melting ice from the glacier finds its way into the Wenat- 

 chee River which, miles further down, is utilized for the irrigation of the fertile valleys of the Evergreen State. 



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