Stepping out the front door of the National Park Inn, our eyes were drawn at once to the impressive peak of Mount Rainier ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal ... British explorer George Vancouver originally christened the peak in 1792, naming it after his friend ...

With some planning and the right gear, the national park offers visitors a bevy of options for snowshoeing, camping and ...

Every year, my family and I take a trip to Mount Rainier. This time, I was taking oral chemotherapy medication, and our ...

Many visitors of Mount Rainier National Park will need reservations to enter through the Nisqually, Stevens Canyon and Sunrise/White River entrances during peak summer hours. Park visitors will ...

From Mount Rainier reservations and other recreation area rule changes to improvements at Washington ski areas, here are the ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Washington’s Mount Rainier boasts the largest collection of glaciers on a single peak in the contiguous United States.

Meanwhile, another battle is brewing in the Pacific Northwest. In 1792, explorer George Vancouver named a volcanic peak after his friend Peter Rainier, a Royal Navy officer who had fought the United ...

USGS scientist Carolyn Driedger, right, and Mount Rainier National Park ranger Scott Beason frame the terminus of the Nisqually Glacier during a training session for seasonal rangers at the park ...