Other creatures varying in size from mice to bears might find your food supply tempting. To avoid hunger and harassment, hang your food supplies at least 10 feet high from a tree limb. Hikers planning trips in the Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas during the deer hunting season in September and October should wear some type of red or orange clothing as a safety precaution. Campfires - Wood fires are permitted only where iron firegrates are provided and only below the subalpine zones. Please don't cut any live material, but use only dead or downed wood.
Backpack stoves are better suited for high country cookery.
They burn no wood and leave no fire scars or blackened pots. There is a significant difference between westside and eastside climates, with the westside receiving higher precipitation year-round, resulting in cloudier and cooler weather. Eastside forests, in the Cascade rainshadow, have more sunshine, higher temperatures, and noticeably less vegetation. The North Cascades is bear country we're talkin' grizzly. You should take the proper precautions against bear attack and food rifling.