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RECREATION

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MOUNTAINEERING

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Top Story

Deadline extended on Paradise road comment

Because of technical issues, the staff at Mount Rainier National Park has extended the deadline for comment on plans to rehab and rebuild the road to Paradise. Read more...

• Grant will help keep shuttle at Mount Rainier rolling along

• Project assesses work needed on road to Paradise

• Winter rolls in at the park

• Glacier Basin Trail still a work in progress

• Carbon River access plans remain in the air

• Hiking: Here we go loop-de-loop on Mount Rainier

• Mount Rainier's magic bus

• Join planting effort at Paradise meadow

• Rainier visitors reminded to not feed wildlife

History

14,410 or 14,411: The true measure of the Mountain

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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• Hazard Stevens climbed Rainier first. Or did he?

• The ski resort that wasn't

• Initial zeal for profits has yielded to crush of visitors today

• Rainier Timeline

• Origins of landmark names

• How Mount Tacoma bacame Mount Rainier

Recreation

The park's most dangerous entrance

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...

• The ultimate recreation destination

• Wonderland Trail

Climbing

Rainier rangers: A sharp eye on the slopes

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...

• When The Mountain was angry

• There's no topping a climb to Rainier's summit

• Avalanche: Prepare for surprise

• Call of the mountain is paramount to many climbers

• The dangers of thin air

An epic rescue with a sad ending

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...

• Lucky to be alive

• 1981 Ice Fall

Science

Unearthing secrets of the ancient Cascades

Archaeological digs in two Washington national parks continue to reveal artifacts that debunk the myth that indigenous people didn’t gather food and plants from the upper reaches of the Cascades. Read more...

• Exploring Rainier's summit steam caves

• Life on Rainier

• A Mountain Alive

People

Fay Fuller

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...

• James Longmire

• Indian Henry

• Lou Whittaker

The Future

Rainier sets eight goals for 2016 anniversary

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

8 ways to spend winter in Ashford

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

• Packwood