Bet you did not know there was an earthquake on Mount Rainier the other day.
If John Townsend has his way, the bug traps placed on trees at Mount Rainier National Park will always be empty.
State Route 123 through Mount Rainier National Park will be closed temporarily beginning Monday.
Two climbers who disappeared in a series of winter storms and were recovered from Mount Rainier last weekend died of hypothermia, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A federal judge in Tacoma on Monday sentenced a 35-year-old Oregon man to 26 months in prison for a series of car break-ins at Mount Rainier National Park two years ago.
The body found Friday hanging over a crevasse on Mount Rainier was that of a 30-year-old Atlanta woman who disappeared during an unrelenting winter storm that killed three other climbers.
The body found Friday hanging over a crevasse on Mount Rainier was a 30-year-old Atlanta woman who disappeared during an unrelenting winter storm that killed three other climbers.
A section of Narada Falls Trail will be closed Mondays-Saturdays through Sept. 21 due to potential rock fall during work on Stevens Canyon Road at Mount Rainier National Park. The closure took effect Thursday.
Recognizing the need to keep its “front door” clean, Mount Rainier National Park’s volunteer program has adopted two miles of state Route 706.
Search teams spent Saturday scouring a snowy campsite at Mount Rainier for the body of a fourth climber after the second and third bodies were recovered Friday.
Mount Rainier National Park rangers recovered two bodies from Paradise Glacier believed to be among four climbers who went missing during the January storms.
Laughingwater Creek Trail at Mount Rainier National Park has been temporarily closed because of the possibility of dangerous wildlife encounters. The closure, announced Friday afternoon, will last until Sept. 19 or until further notice.
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