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

Two men were rescued early Saturday morning after being trapped overnight on a Longs Peak climbing route in Rocky Mountain ...

Before trailblazing Japanese photographer George Masa captured the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, where did his love of ...

The deaths of two experienced climbers on Mount Rainier this month have once again drawn attention to a hard truth about ...

The southern portion of the Japanese Alps also stretches into Shizuoka prefecture. Today more than ten percent of the land in ...

Visitors heading to Mount Rainier National Park in 2026 will no longer need a timed entry reservation for peak summer hours.

National parks in the U.S. are some of the most beautiful places in the world. From the Grand Canyon and Mammoth Cave to Olympic National and Mount Rainier, the views are truly astonishing. Completing ...

Mount Rainier’s road to Paradise is open seven days a week again this winter, a quiet return to full access after three years of reduced hours. The park had previously cut back to weekends only, ...

The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study. Mount Rainier is now 10 feet shorter than it was in the 1990s, according to a study in the ...

Mineral has fewer than 200 residents, according to the last Census. The state Department of Labor says many people here work for the government, the biggest employer in Lewis County. Specifically, the ...

The highest point on Mount Rainier is no longer a perennially frozen ridge of ice and snow, but rather a mound of rocks located several hundred feet away. And this shift means the iconic peak is ...

A rainstorm has washed out the log footbridge on the Carter Falls Trail at Mount Rainier National Park, prompting an unexpected closure just as the park shifts into its winter season. The bridge had ...