page_title: Geography of the North Cascades
section_title: Subranges
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of the North Cascades / Subranges
caption_attribution_description: English: Mount Despair 7292 feet (2223 m)
context_page_description: The geography of the North Cascades describes a range of rugged mountains in British Columbia, Canada and Washington, United States. In Canada, the range is officially named the Cascade Mountains but is commonly referred to as the Canadian Cascades.
context_section_description: There are various formally named subranges, and some informally named ones.  Formally named subranges include the:
  Okanagan Range
  Hozameen Range
  Bedded Range
  Skagit Range
  Cheam Range ("Four Brothers")
  Picket Range
  Informally named ranges include the Coquihalla Range, which lies between the Coquihalla River and the Fraser Canyon south of an imaginary line roughly connecting Coquihalla Pass with the town of Boston Bar.  The Coquihalla Range includes a group of horn-like summits known as the Anderson River Group, also known as the Llamoid Group due to conferred names such as Vicuna Peak, Yak Peak, Guanaco Peak, etc.
caption: Mount Despair, located within North Cascades National Park
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