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Mount Rainier National Park staff has begun developing an environmental assessment to gauge the effect of work to be done on the road from the Nisqually entrance to Paradise. The work is not expected to begin until 2012. Read more...

History

Eight hours after we stood on the roof of Washington last summer, our guides rewarded us with certificates that read "Mount Rainier, 14,410 feet."
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Recreation

There's a side to Crystal Mountain most skiers probably have never seen. It's a side the mountain's ski area and Mount Rainier National Park prefer most people don't know about. Read more...

Climbing

In 1992 when Mount Rainier National Park hired Stefan Lofgren to keep climbers safe on the upper mountain, his climbing résumé could be summed up in one line: Read more...

The first sign he was getting close was the sound of a distress whistle piercing the thin mountain air. After more than 40 hours on the precarious Liberty Ridge route up Mount Rainier, climbing ranger David Gottlieb finally was closing in on a critically injured climber and his partner. Read more...

Science

On top of Mount Rainier, under 150 feet of snow, Francois Le Guern prepared to launch a boat. Read more...

People

Fay Fuller is famous for being the first woman to climb Mount Rainier, but the role she played in the history of Mount Rainier National Park goes well beyond that. Read more...

The Future

The National Park Service has set eight goals as the foundation of its Centennial Initiative, the agency’s preperations for its 100th anniversary in 2016. Read more...

Gateway Communities

Contrary to some people's perception, Ashford has much more to offer than the last flush toilets before Mount Rainier National Park. Read more...

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