North Cascades Institute

Jul 20, 2016Christian Martin

Catching up with Jack Kerouac, who served as a fire lookout atop Desolation Peak in the North Cascades 60 years ago this summer. In this passage from …
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Jul 4, 2016Christian Martin

Sixty years ago this month, Jack Kerouac left Northern California for the Skagit Valley and North Cascades to begin his summer as a fire lookout atop Desolation …
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Jack Kerouac's first morning on Desolation

Jack Kerouac in the North Cascades