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The Mount Washington Wilderness is a wilderness area located on and around Mount Washington in the central Cascade Range of Oregon in the United States. The wilderness was established in 1964 and comprises 54,278 acres (219.66 km 2 ) of the Willamette National Forest and Deschutes National Forest .
The Mountain Lakes Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Fremont–Winema National Forest in the southern Cascade Range of Oregon in the United States. It surrounds a cluster of four overlapping shield volcanoes , the highest of which is 8,208-foot (2,502 m) Aspen Butte .
Overnight permits for the Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters and Mount Washington wilderness areas go on sale at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5.
The Mount Washington Wilderness includes a number of cinder cones, typically with elevations between 150 and 300 feet (46 and 91 m). Composed of gray to red cinder, they also have scoria and welded spatter. [24] Major cinder cones in the wilderness include Belknap Crater, Twin Craters, Scott Mountain, and the Sand Mountain craters. [25]
Lake Pillsbury is the largest recreational lake in the forest at 2,280 acres (9.2 km 2) and offers boat ramps, camping and resorts. Letts Lake, southeast of Lake Pillsbury is 35 acres (140,000 m 2) in size and has hiking trails, campgrounds and is close to trailheads into Snow Mountain Wilderness.
The Enchantments is a region within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area of Washington state's Cascade Mountain Range. [2] At an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,372 m), it is home to over 700 alpine lakes and ponds surrounded by the vast peaks of Cashmere Crags, which rate among the best rock-climbing sites in the western United States. [3]
In 1964, the Wilderness Act created the South Warner Wilderness. In 1984, 1,940 acres (7.9 km 2) were added to the wilderness with the passage of the California Wilderness Act. [2] The Warner crest divides waters that flow west into the Sacramento/Pit River drainage, and east into the Great Basin alkali lakes of Surprise Valley.
The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a large wilderness area spanning the Central Cascades of Washington state in the United States.The wilderness is located in parts of Wenatchee National Forest and Snoqualmie National Forest, and is approximately bounded by Interstate 90 and Snoqualmie Pass to the south and U.S. Route 2 and Stevens Pass to the north.