North Cascades Ruggedness pictures

NEW---KML files

I have created some KML files that show the most rugged regions within the North Cascades (on a smaller scale than the maps shown below). If you load them into Google Earth in the order list below, you can see the core region (Shuksan/Pickets/Thunder Arm) grow to encompass more terrain.

Core (670 km²)
More (1400 km²)
More (2700 km²)
...and More (5000 km²)

The MATLAB-generated maps below now also have accompanying KML files.

Large version of North Cascades: area = 27300 km^2, rug = 135m.
Top left is Fraser River Valley; bottom is Snoqualmie Pass area. (Note that this is somewhat arbitrarily cut off on the north, west and east.)

KML file for this region

Medium version of North Cascades: area = 20000 km^2, rug = 149m

KML file for this region

Small version of North Cascades: area = 9100 km^2, rug = 172m.
Main part goes South to around Glacier Peak, Lake Chelan. Southern outlier is Mount Stuart area.

KML file for this region