Mount Rainier National Park announced updated access and recreation plans for the 2024-25 winter season, impacting vehicle access, camping, and sledding at the popular Paradise area. Starting ...

Mount Rainier National Park, the closest full-service national park to Portland, is going into its annual winter hibernation. Parts of the park and the businesses around it remain open during ...

Two rangers and four volunteers from the Mount Rainier Nordic Patrol got her back to the Paradise area. A 62-year-old snowshoer was injured on March 9 around 9,600 feet on the Muir Snowfield while ...

The road to Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park won’t be open to visitors on weekdays this winter, park officials announced. They’ll keep the road open to the public Saturdays and Sundays ...

From its elevation at 6,400 feet, Sunrise offers breathtaking, 360-degree views of the surrounding valleys. From this perch, travelers will have views of Mount Rainier and other volcanoes in the ...

The road to Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park won’t be open to visitors on weekdays this winter, park officials announced. They’ll keep the road open to the public Saturdays and Sundays ...

Mount Rainier, the most glaciated mountain in the lower 48 states, and highest mountain in Washington state presents a formidable challenge. ... Keep doing such activities consistently all winter.

USGS scientist Carolyn Driedger, right, and Mount Rainier National Park ranger Scott Beason frame the terminus of the Nisqually Glacier during a training session for seasonal rangers at the park ...

A winter visit to Mount Rainier can include hikes, ranger-guided snowshoe walks, snow play, camping and cross-country skiing. Rangers offer 1.8-mile, two-hour snowshoe walks at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p ...

See st.news/NPSRainier for information on winter activities at Mount Rainier National Park. The road between the Nisqually entrance and the National Park Inn and ranger station at Longmire is ...