Summary of Standard Visual Range
Pacific Northwest Region



Listed below are 80th and 90th percentile Standard Visual Ranges (SVR) for the 16 Class 1 Wildernesses Managed by the USDA Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest. The data were collected by camera from 1983-1992. The data were taken from:


Boutcher, Steven. 1994. Visual Air Quality in the Pacific Northwest. An Analysis of Camera Data 1983-1992. USDA Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region.


Wilderness 80th Percentile
(km)
90th Percentile
(km)
Pasayten 296 355
Glacier Peak 296 355
Alpine Lakes 279 342
Goat Rocks 256 322
Mt Adams 257 300
Mt Hood 221 280
Mt Jefferson 239 292
Mt Washington 234 277
Three Sisters 236 276
Diamond Peak 248 299
Mountain Lakes *** ***
Kalmiopsis 275 319
Gearhart *** ***
Strawberry Mountain 256 296
Eagle Cap 251 308
Hells Canyon 263 318