Our outdoors reporter hiked Mount Rainier's Skyline Trail over the weekend and may have concluded that fall is the best time ...

An indigenous journey up Mount Tahoma (Mount Rainier) is about more than the summit. A new hobby called dock fouling explores the hidden ecosystems and surprising creatures that flourish under docks ...

The owner spent years combining three neighboring lots, creating 275 feet of frontage and sightlines toward Lake Washington, ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years. Yet, more ...

Construction has begun on the national park's Fryingpan Creek Bridge Replacement Project. Here's how it's impacting the park.

Last week, when I visited Washington State in the U.S., I had the opportunity to drive along the south side of Mount ...

Of course, the temperature, ranging from the 60s to the high 70s, depending on your elevation, also makes it a pleasure to hike and explore the many trails in the park. The changing colors of the ...

Video shows tourists crowding within feet of a wild black bear at Mount Rainier National Park, ignoring the dangers of a close animal encounter.

A climber died this week on Mount Rainier in Washington state, the National Park Service said Friday in a news release. Brian Harper, 41, of Bremerton, Washington, was in a climbing group led by ...

Mount Rainier (Figure 2.1) is one of about two dozen recently active volcanoes in the Cascade Range, a volcanic arc formed by subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the North American plate.