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This Washington Waterfall Has A Colorful Light Show Every Night

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Ladder Creek Falls is an underrated gem of the North Cascades. This waterfall behind the Gorge Powerhouse becomes illuminated at night with colors thanks to a light show put on by Seattle City Light. The light show originally started around the 1930s to showcase the area’s beauty. It gained popularity quick, not only because of the amazing colors but it’s free, easy to reach and just outside of Seattle. They still light up the falls nightly with blue, red, green and white colors, running on a 15-minute schedule from dusk until midnight. Aside from the lights and music, a main…

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8 Hidden Gems You Can Only Find In Washington’s North Cascades

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Mount Rainier may be the more popular national park in Washington, but just north lies a vastly underrated expanse of rugged natural beauty. North Cascades National Park – which stretches all the way north to Canada – is just over 100 miles from Seattle, but somehow it still ranks as one of the least-visited national parks in the whole United States. This may be due to the fact that the park only has one main road to access it: the North Cascades Highway (also known as Highway 20), which closes in the wintertime because of snow and avalanches. But with…

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