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Cascade Mountains

I was first introduced to the Cascade Range while living in the Pacific Northwest. I lived in Oregon for 2 years and during that time I complied mountaineering information and experience. Below you will find the information I've gathered about select peaks in the Cascades. At         

you can find all the peaks over 9,000ft. For the peaks I've planned or have completed, I have arranged the peaks based on location: Washington, Oregon, and California. 

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Difficulty Ranked Based on Easiest Route up Volcano 

If you are just getting into mountaineering - and are starting in the Cascade Range - this is order I would summit the peaks so you can practice your skills​:

​_______            Steeper  Hikes         _______

1. Crater Lake

2. Medicine Lake

3. Newberry ​

4. Lassen

5. South Sister

6. Middle Sister - want a helmet

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_______   Mountaineering Begins____  ___

7. Mt. Saint Helens 

8. Mt. Shasta

9. Mt. Adams

10. Glacier Peak

11. Mt. Hood 

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_   _  Technical Mountaineering Begins__   

12. Mt. Baker

13. Mt. Rainier 

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_   _  Advanced Mountaineering Begins_   

14. North Sister

15. Mt. Jefferson​

Hardest and easiest can have lots of variability. For example Glacier isn't very technical, but it's the longest of the climbs at 36 miles round trip. Rainier or Baker can be "easy" on a sunny day, but can have the worst weather. Hood can be crowded and exposed to objective hazards or even people knocking rocks down, but never-the-less get comfortable on mountain your doing and then move up to the next when you feel ready!
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Washington Cascades

Oregon Cascades

California Cascades

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