A snowcapped backdrop to Seattle and Puget Sound, Mount Rainier is a slumbering giant that last erupted in the 1890s.

NEAR MT. RAINIER, Wash. -- A series of technical failures has led staff at Mt. Rainier National Park to kill any chance of reserving a backcountry campsite in advance this year. The park will now ...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. -- The woman lay near a clear creek of melted snow, her face obscured by caked blood, her elbow bent at a disconcerting angle. As a ranger tends to her, her friends ...

Mount Rainier is stirring and kicking off her blankets. A fine place to watch this majestic lady awaken from her winter sleep is from the Wonderland Trail. Some delicious chunks of this 92-mile, ...

PACKWOOD, Wash. — We met Tami Asars, the author of "Day Hiking Mount Rainier" and "Hiking the Wonderland Trail," at Tipsoo Lake in Mount Rainier National Park to get a refresher on etiquette we should ...

Washington’s national parks might be most popular in the summer, but they have plenty to offer in the fall as well. Lonely Planet recently ranked the 15 best U.S. national parks to visit this fall — ...