As mourners stood near a vigil of flowers, balloons and handwritten messages, parents described the emotional toll on ...

The deaths of two experienced climbers on Mount Rainier this month have once again drawn attention to a hard truth about ...

Get Seattle area schedules and scores as the 2026 Washington high school boys basketball season continues on Friday, January ...

In recent months, the National Park Service has sent mixed signals about the future of reservation systems — a relatively new ...

“I’ve climbed Mount Rainier, I’ve dove into Mowich Lake. I’ve hunted, hiked, horseback and off-climbed this area since I was in my early teens,” Pack said. “The closure of the Fairfax Bridge was ...

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

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

Visitors heading to Mount Rainier National Park in 2026 will no longer need a timed entry reservation to enter during peak ...

The road to Paradise has ostensibly gotten easier to climb. After three consecutive seasons of limited openings at the gate to the state’s highest-elevation road-accessible winter wonderland, Mount ...

Over the years I have had the good fortune to visit the Seattle-Tacoma area half a dozen times – sometimes for work or military duty and a few times on vacation. This is a uniquely beautiful area ...

MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. - A new study has revealed that Mount Rainier is experiencing a significant reduction in size due to shifting climate patterns. The findings, published in the "Arctic Antarctic ...

A new analysis by Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research finds the summit of the iconic Washington peak has declined and shifted south prompting calls for expanded glacier monitoring. Multiple dead ...