Mount Rainier National Park, established in 1899, was our nation’s fifth national park. Home to 14,410 ft. iconic Mt. Rainier ...

The Highlander is back in business near Mount Rainier National Park. The new owners once worked at the restaurant.

Whether a first-time climber, or an experienced mountaineer, the time to prepare for your 2025 Mt. Rainier climb begins now.

Local businesses that rely on the tourist traffic to Mount Rainier National Park during the summer say they’re paying the price after the permanent closure of a major bridge near the park.

Climate change is melting glaciers and causing them to retreat all around the world. And you can now see that happening in the views of Mount Rainier, said glaciologist Mauri Pelto. He said this ...

Mount Rainier’s glaciers are disappearing. What happens when they’re gone? June 23, 2025Updated Wed., June 25, 2025 at 5:03 p.m.

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what that means for visitors.

First things first — everything is normal. Mount Rainier is not about to erupt. Today, at least. (The future is another story). Got it? OK, good. Now that is out of the way, the Cascades Volcano ...

Camping out at Mount Rainier National Park will soon cost larger groups more money. The park is changing its fee structure for wilderness permits. Instead of costing $20 per trip, it will now cost ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years on Washington’s Mount Rainier but say there is no indication that the cluster of quakes is cause f… ...

The so-called earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier dwindled Friday but has surpassed the last large event at the volcano in 2009, the USGS said.