Category Archives: Mount Rainier

Rescue capabilities on Mount Rainier are being reduced

Editor’s Note:  The following press release has been received by the Mountain News.  Mount Rainier National Park is significantly reducing its rescue capapbilties on the upper mountain.

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Update on SR 7 road closures in Eatonville

By Bruce A. Smith  The Washington State DOT has issued the following press release announcing the closure of Mountain Highway due west of Eatonville for several months.  The state will be repairing a section of hillside that is prone to … Continue reading

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Mount Rainier National Park releases economic report – $33 million generated in local economy

 Editor’s Note:  The following press release from Mount Rainier National Park was received today at the Mountain News.  It details how massive the economic impact is of the park and eco-tourism.

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Mount Rainier National Park sets spring and summer schedule

Editor’s Note: Even though Paradise has 14 feet of snow, Mount Rainier National Park announced its spring and summer schedule today, posted below in their press release:

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Mount Rainier National Park to Renovate Camp Muir

Editor’s Note:  The National Park Service (NPS) has sent the Mountain News a press release announcing a major renovation at Camp Muir:

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Christmas Eve Trip to Mount Rainier – A Beautiful Gift

By Josh Magill  We had not been here long, just a month or so after transferring from New Mexico in 2009, but decided since we had nowhere else to go on Christmas Eve that a trip up to Mount Rainier was … Continue reading

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Mount Rainier to close road to Paradise on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this winter

Editor’s Note: Mount Rainier National Park announced this week that it is making a major change in providing access for the public to the Paradise area, and will close the road from Longmire on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 

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Missing Snowboarders Found on Mount Rainier as major snow storm hits

Special to the Mountain News At approximately 1100 hours this morning, searchers at Mount Rainier National Park found the two snowboarders who have been missing since Sunday, November 12.   Derek Tyndall, 21, and Thomas Dale, 20, had spent Sunday … Continue reading

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Update: Search to continue Tuesday morning for missing snowboarders at Paradise

Update, 10 pm, Monday, 11.12.12:  Kevin Backer, public information officer at Mount Rainier National Park, has issued the following update on the missing snowboarders above Paradise:  About 3:00 this afternoon, one of the search teams made brief visual contact, from … Continue reading

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Mount Rainier claims the life of another mountaineer while Rangers finally bring home one of their own

by Bruce A. Smith  The lethal beauty and power of Mount Rainier was once again on display this week as a recovery team of five climbing Rangers were able to seize advantage of the great weather and bring down the … Continue reading

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