Mount Rainier visitors will notice a change this year as park officials decide not to continue a timed entry pilot program ...

A dangerous climb is renewing the focus on Mount Rainier's extreme hazards.

Visitors heading to Mount Rainier National Park in 2026 will no longer need a timed entry reservation for peak summer hours.

At 4,392m, Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest. Situated just 95km southeast of Seattle, it has long beckoned climbers and adventurers. Today, we’ll look ...

Following in Yosemite’s footsteps, another major national park on the West Coast is dropping a method for crowd management. Washington’s Mount Rainier National Park will not require timed-entry ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Geologists are continuing to monitor Mount Rainier in Washington state days after the first earthquake swarm in more than 15 years, with this year’s earthquake swarm event more ...

Mount Rainier has yet to announce whether it will bring back its timed entry program in the summer of 2025. File The News Tribute Last year, Mount Rainier National Park turned to a timed-entry ...

Kilian Jornet climbed Mount Shasta on September 30, the 71st 14,000'er of his States of Altitude project. Since then, he has cycled 788km in three days across California, Oregon, and Washington to the ...

A 32-year-old Army Special Forces soldier, who fell 100 feet while training on Pinnacle Peak near Mount Rainier, was airlifted to an Army hospital Friday. The soldier, a member of the Army’s 1st ...

MT. RAINIER, Wash. — Heavy smoke from the nearby Wildcat Fire in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is affecting Mount Rainier National Park, leading to hazardous air quality and ash settling ...

Uncertainty grows as national parks rethink reservations.

The younger Mount Rainier stands atop the remnants of two older volcanic stories. The Naches Peak Loop trail is popular for its views of Mount Rainier, but there are more volcanic stories to be found ...