Winter is almost here, and Mount Rainier National Park is gearing up for the 2024-25 winter recreation season with updates to its schedule. Starting Tuesday, November 12, new access guidelines ...

Thinking about taking a trip to Mount Rainier National Park this winter? You might want to think twice about it if you are not properly prepared. The park was ranked the second-deadliest national ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became ... 410, and enter from the park's east side (Stevens Canyon or White River Entrances closed in winter). For the northwest ...

The best way to get around Mount Rainier National Park is by car since ... to carry tire chains when traveling in the park during the winter season, which lasts from Nov. 1 through May 1.

As the National Park Service website explains ... Now that it’s the winter, vehicle access to Mount Rainier is only available from the Nisqually Entrance, in the southwest corner of the park ...

It offers general information, exhibits, a park film, guided ranger programs, a gift store and a cafeteria. In the summer, this area is ideal for wildflower viewing, and in winter, this is the ...

Mount Rainier National Park officials welcomed the opportunity to learn more ... Those of us in Lokey’s crew were loaded with winter camping gear, satellite phones, and food and fuel for more than a ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

TACOMA, Wash — Mount Rainier National Park is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year but the mountain has been important to people for many generations before it was called "Rainier." ...