Photo: The Glacier Peak Wilderness:

This 458,000 acre area has been the focal  point of most of the controversy  in the North Cascades.    Formerly a Limited Area, the Forest Service proposed to reclassify  into a Wilderness Area  in 1957. However, the proposals were carefully drawn to exclude all  of the commercially timbered valleys,  leaving only rock and  ice. Conserva­tionists,  labeling this proposal  a &quot;Starfish&quot; or &quot;Wilderness on the Rocks&quot;, mustered their forces,  and  by dint of great pressure, forced the Forest Service to  include at  least portions of  some of these valleys  in the wilderness. However,  many beautifully scenic valleys still  remain outside of the wilderness, just to the west, south, and east.   It is continuing Forest Service logging  in these areas - which are  logically part of the same scenic and wilderness complex - which has given   impetus and strength to the drive for a North Cascades NationaI Park.

38.    View north of the Napeequa Valley,  southeast portion of Glacier Peak Wilderness,  from Little Giant Trail.  Glacier Peak out of  sight to the left.