Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range. We look into its climbing history, spotlighting the pioneers who ...

travelers will have views of Mount Rainier and other volcanoes in the Cascade Range, such as Mount Adams. Sunrise is also the highest spot in the park that can be reached by vehicles. The ...

Paradise, which is located at an elevation of 5,400 feet, is a great place to start your park visit and where you'll find the Paradise Jackson Visitor Center, the main visitor center for the park.

Investors built tracks along the Merced River, across the river from where Highway 140 is today. Visitors could enjoy a three-and-a-half-hour journey by rail up the Merced River Canyon from Merced ...

A significant rockslide occurred about 10 p.m. Monday in the Merced River Canyon and has cut off Highway 140 access to El Portal and Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County. Highway 120 from ...

A family of three is missing in Arizona after taking a trip to Grand Canyon National Park during a hazardous winter storm, officials announced. Jiyeon Lee, 23, Taehee Kim, 69, and Junghee Kim ...

Park rangers at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington are urging visitors to remember that wintry conditions can still be found on the iconic mountain and that they should come prepared for them.

TACOMA, Wash. — The Puyallup Tribe is working to learn more about the many native names of the mountain now known as Mount Rainier. It is doing this with the hope of eventually restoring the ...

After several recent rains, a main highway into Yosemite National ... leading into the park is closed after wet weather caused rocks to fall onto the road in a narrow canyon, SFGate reported.