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template: byway.jade
id: "2230"
name: North Cascades Scenic Highway
distance: "140"
duration: 3 hours
description: "The eastern edge of the North Cascades Highway begins in the remote high desert of the Methow Valley and rises gently as it approaches Washington Pass and the snow-capped peaks of the North Cascade Mountains. "
contact: "**Methow Valley Ranger District**  \r\n 509-996-4003  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.experiencewa.com/"
    name: Experience Washington
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/mbs/"
    name: "Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest"
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/oka/"
    name: Okanogon National Forest
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/wenatchee/"
    name: Wenatchee National Forest
designations: 
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Washington State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - WA
ll: 
  - -122.225143
  - 48.51044799999994
bounds: 
  - - -122.225143
    - 48.477081
  - - -120.185471
    - 48.72914100000003

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The eastern edge of the North Cascades Highway begins in the remote high desert of the Methow Valley and rises gently as it approaches Washington Pass and the snow-capped peaks of the North Cascade Mountains. 