Cascade

The Cascade Range rises between the Yakima country and the waters of Puget Sound. Above its forested slopes stands the snow-clad peak known to neighbouring peoples by names including Tahoma. Trails crossed the mountains at passes such as Naches, linking Yakama communities with Coast Salish neighbours to the west. People travelled through the high country to trade, hunt and gather berries. In 1792 George Vancouver saw the great mountain from the coast and named it for Admiral Peter Rainier.