Guides
Take this short hike on the Wonderland Trail in Rainier National Park for great views from a fire tower of the volcano
This is a beautiful hike past alpine lakes to a fire tower look out over the surrounding peaks and a commanding view of Mount Rainier. You will want to take a camera and pack a lunch to lounge on the summit rocks in the sun. Note: The true summit of the peak is 300 yards down the ridge from the firetower.
Hike from Paradise Inn to Panorama Point on the slopes of Mt Rainier when the trail is covered in snow.
Want to get a small taste of Mt Rainier Mountainering easily done in just a few hours (perhaps even finish before breakfast)? Follow this route from Paradise Inn up to Panorama Point on the slopes of Mt Rainier.
Three day climb via Camp Muir, Ingraham Glacier & Disappointment Cleaver
This is one of the standard routes up Mt. Rainier. You will ascent the Muir Glacier to Camp Muir and spend the 1st night there. Then you will continue on to the Ingraham Glacier campsite which is just another 1,000 feet above Muir. There you will spend one more short night to acclimatize before leaving camp around 2am in the morning for an early...
This hike will bring you up the drainage of the Inter Glacier and return you over the broad Burroughs Mountain.
Take this 11 mile loop hike up a glacial drainage basin to an alpine ridge with spectacular close up views of Mt. Rainier. You'll then descend past a very cold alpine lake and part of the famous Wonderland Trail. If you want you can camp in the White River Campground the night before to get an early start on the trail.
A loop trail on the northeast side of Mt. Rainier to Burroughs Mountain & Frozen Lake with a side trip to Mt. Freemont
This is a great loop hike that will take you to a fire tower, several alpine lakes and a close up view of Mt. Rainier from the top of Burroughs Mountain with a return on the famous Wonderland Trail. The trails are easy to follow and the views are spectacular. Bring a camera.
Easy nature trail through 1000 year old huge old growth Cedar, and Douglas fir trees at Mt. Rainier National Park.
The Ohanapecosh River surrounds an island of towering, thousand-year-old Douglas fir and western red cedar trees. Walk the trail to discover the grandeur and peace of this island. Isolated on the island, these giants have been protected from fire, allowing them to grow to enormous size. You have many trees that are more than 25 ft in circumference,...
A beautiful hike with minimal elevation gain around Naches Peak with an option to visit Dewey Lake.
This is a great trail that is perfect for the family within Rainier National Park. It will take you from Tipsoo Lake with its great view of Mt. Rainier around Naches Mountain in a loop hike with many spectacular views. On the opposite side of Naches Peak from the highway you will have the option at a junction to visit two more alpine lakes if you...
Climb this peak within the Mount Rainier National Park for great views of the massive volcano and surrounding peaks.
Climb this peak for terrific views of Hood, St. Helens, Chimney Rock, Adams, Glacier Peak and of course the massive frame of Mt. Rainier up the valley. This is not Crystal Mountain which is the nearby peak with the ski resort. This is a must climb for visitors to Mount Rainier National Park.
A nice hike into the Norse Peak Wilderness with fantastic views of several Cascade Volcanoes
This is a great alpine ridge walk just outside of Rainier National Park in the Norse Peak Wilderness. This isn't a killer climb as there is minimal elevation change thus the views are attainable for the whole family. The trail is easy to follow all the way to Noble Knob around Mutton Mountain which you can also run up if you'd like. This trail is...
Trips
Tolmie Peak Mt. Rainier National park, Wa
Upper Fairfax, Washington, United States
Hiking | 7.0 miles
Hiking | 7.0 miles
This was a dayhike on the lower part of Mt. Ranier.
The views on Rainer from here are pretty amazing!
Palisades Lakes Trail from Sunrise Point, Mount Rainier National Park
Sunrise, Washington, United States
Hiking | 7.2 miles
Hiking | 7.2 miles
We woke up early and started out at 6:30 am. We hadn't seen the summit of Mt Rainier from the park as clouds and rain had been ruining the views. The trail was completely covered in snow from the very first step out of the parking lot, so there wasn't any meadow flowers to be seen.The entire trail was grooved in the slushy snow from many hikers and mountaineers, most on their...
Thought we would test out Rainier before my climb in 3 weeks. Snow 100% of the way. Made it to just below Anvil Rock. Do not be fooled by the overall time, we glissaded most of the way down.
Day hike with the kids. Started from Paradise parking lot at about 9:00am.Very cool weather. Foggy and windy on Muir snowfield after Pebble Creek. Next time bring the skis and snow gear.
James and I both have Summit attempts of Rainier late in the season and decided to climb up to Camp Muir as a training hike. We could not have had better weather!
