Backpacking in the high country of the Cascades is exhilarating for many reasons. Among them is that it’s only accessible for a few months of the year.

That window is open now. And few places in Washington are better than Goat Rocks Wilderness for the wildflower-speckled alpine meadows, lakes, and rocky spires that make the Cascade high country so majestic. Tags Gifford Pinchot National Forest Sports

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