According to the park’s Winter Travel page, guests can only reach the Longmire and Paradise areas through the Nisqually ...

Mount Rainier National Park will open the area seven days per week, conditions permitting, including staffing and avalanche ...

Mount Rainier’s road to Paradise is open seven days a week again this winter, a quiet return to full access after three years ...

Volcanoes are now more closely monitored. We have a good chance now of determining when a volcano becomes restless,” says Don Swanson, a volcanologist reflecting on the lessons learned from the 1980 ...

The top of the mountain is coming down. Five different U.S. mountains, including Mount Rainier, are experiencing ice loss at ...

Washington lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at restoring access to Mount Rainier National Park via the Fairfax Bridge "as soon as possible," eight months after the state shut down the ...

Record rainfall, flooding, and landslides have collapsed major highways, triggered mass evacuations, and left national park gateway communities in Washington and Montana in a state of crisis. Here’s ...

The Carbon River Fairfax Bridge, which connects State Route 165 to Mount Rainier National Park. The bridge is closing permanently due to safety concerns from the steel deteriorating. The rust is ...

From dining at new restaurants to exploring Mount Rainier, here are the latest local things to do around the Seattle area to ...

A rainstorm has washed out the log footbridge on the Carter Falls Trail at Mount Rainier National Park, prompting an unexpected closure just as the park shifts into its winter season. The bridge had ...

View of Mount Rainier from Pinnacle Peak trail in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) USGS Volcanoes, a USGS social media ...

The quiet rollout speaks to the awkward situation facing national parks this year as they must simultaneously adhere to a ...