Mt. Rainier National Park, the fifth oldest park in the U.S. national park system, is a popular destination in Washington ...

Mount Rainier National Park encourages anyone who spot bears to report it to a ranger or to call park dispatch at 360-569-6600. This story was originally published July 9, 2021 at 11:31 AM ...

Here's how hard it is summit the five highest mountains in the contiguous United States. While challenging, the pinnacle is ...

Park rangers recovered the body of a 74-year-old man in a Mount Rainier National Park river Wednesday, after he went missing during an overnight hike, according to a statement from the park.

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Following the recent death of a hiker who fell at Mt. Rainier National Park, Pierce County Explorer Search and Rescue crews want to make sure hikers are prepared before ...

Mount Rainier, an active volcano that at its peak is more than 14,000 feet above sea level, was among the national parks that were temporarily off-limits during the coronavirus pandemic. Hiking ...

MOUNT RAINIER -- Battered by a blizzard on the slopes of this mountain, Eduard Burceag lay down in a snow trench, trying to use his body's warmth to protect his wife, Mariana, from the 70-mph winds.

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. - A woman who went missing while hiking at the 9,000-foot level of Mount Rainier has been found alive, park officials said. The 34-year-old woman was reported ...

If you do visit Paradise this summer — and you should — try to play hooky on a less busy workday and budget extra time for work on both highways 706 and 410.

Over the course of the hike, we would climb an additional 1,700 feet up, to just over 7,000 feet elevation - about halfway to the top of majestic Mount Rainier.