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Search For Missing Parties At Mount Rainier National Park To Begin To Scale Back

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 24, 2012 - 6:59am
After a week of searching made dangerous and complicated by high winds, snowfall, and dangerous avalanche conditions, crews at Mount Rainier National Park are expected to begin scaling back their efforts to locate two overdue parties on the mountain.

Millions Of Dollars Heading To National Parks For Road, Multiple-Use Trail Improvements

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 24, 2012 - 1:43am
Millions of dollars are flowing to the National Park System for work on aging roads and multiple-use trails in need of some TLC, and transportation systems thanks to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in the Parks program overseen by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Two Parties Now A Week Overdue in Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 23, 2012 - 7:14am
It has been a week since two parties on Mount Rainier failed to return from their backcountry trips as planned, and high winds, deep snow, and towering drifts continue to hamper efforts to find them.

Update: Still No Luck In Search For Overdue Parties At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 20, 2012 - 6:56am
Winds reaching 40 mph Friday created white-out conditions that hampered a search for two overdue parties at Mount Rainier National Park, and the forecast doesn't call for much improvement during the weekend.

Elite Mountaineers Called In To Help With Search For Overdue Parties at Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on January 19, 2012 - 5:43pm
A team of elite mountaineers familiar with routes on Mount Rainier and avoiding avalanches headed on Thursday to look for two overdue parties in Mount Rainier National Park.

Weather Hampering Search For Missing Parties At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 18, 2012 - 4:40pm
Poor weather conditions hampered efforts Wednesday to search for two parties overdue from the backcountry of Mount Rainier National Park.

After Three Days Lost in Mount Rainier National Park, 66-year-old Snowshoer Walks Out and Goes Home

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on January 17, 2012 - 7:58am
As the search for a missing 66-year-old snowshoer in the backcountry of Mount Rainier National Park moved into its third cold, snowy day, more than a few of those involved began to fear the worst. But in the end, they found Yong Chun Kim able to walk and in no immediate need of medical care.

Update: Searchers Find Missing Snowshoer Alive At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 16, 2012 - 10:51am
A 66-year-old man missing since Saturday afternoon in snowbound Mount Rainier National Park somehow survived wintry conditions without a tent or sleeping bag, park officials said Monday shortly after he was found.

Searchers Looking For Missing Snowshoer At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 15, 2012 - 10:57am
More than two dozen personnel were searching an area near Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park on Sunday for a missing snowshoer who failed to return from an afternoon outing the day before.

National Park Foundation Sets Up Memorial Fund For Ranger Margaret Anderson's Family

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 8, 2012 - 1:54am
The National Park Foundation has set up a memorial fund to benefit the two young daughters of Ranger Margaret Anderson, who was shot and killed in the line of duty on New Year's Day.

Traveler's View: A Time To Pause In the Parks

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on January 8, 2012 - 1:38am
We like to think that national parks are just that: serene, picturesque "parks" where we can, if only for a moment or two, escape the ugliness and stress of the world beyond their borders. But as the New Year's Day shooting at Mount Rainier National Park that left a young ranger dead proved only too well, national parks are not always the sanctuaries we'd like them to be.

Memorial Service Set For Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 6, 2012 - 1:19am
A memorial service for National Park Service Ranger Margaret Anderson, who was murdered at Mount Rainier National Park on New Year's Day while trying to intercept a man, has been set for Tuesday in Tacoma, Washington.

Mount Rainier National Park To Remain Closed To Public Until Saturday

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 3, 2012 - 7:02pm
Mount Rainier National Park will remain closed to the public until Saturday to allow for park staff to grieve in the wake of the murder of Ranger Margaret Anderson, officials said Tuesday.

Slain Mount Rainier National Park Ranger 9th In Park Service History To Be Murdered In Line of Duty

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 2, 2012 - 1:51pm
When Mount Rainier National Park law enforcement Ranger Margaret Anderson was shot and killed on New Year's Day, she became the ninth ranger in the history of the National Park Service to be murdered in the line of duty, according to Park Service records.

Updated: Suspect In Mount Rainier National Park Shooting Found Dead

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on January 2, 2012 - 1:26am
An Iraqi war veteran wanted in connection with the slaying of a ranger in Mount Rainier National Park was found dead Monday afternoon in a drainage near one of the park's hallmark waterfalls just south of Paradise.

Ranger Shot And Killed At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on January 1, 2012 - 1:52pm
A 34-year-old Mount Rainier National Park ranger was shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday as she tried to apprehend a man who fled a check stop at Paradise. Fellow rangers were prevented from reaching the downed ranger for about 90 minutes as the shooter pinned them down with gunfire.

Books We've Read This Year, And Actually Liked!

Submitted by NPT Staff on December 30, 2011 - 1:12am
Despite the impending doom that pixels were expected to hand the printed word, we're happy to report that publishers are still turning out books, and more than a few that crossed our desks this year are worth your attention.

Snowshoeing Season Has Arrived At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on December 18, 2011 - 1:17am
With snow conditions improving, rangers at Mount Rainier National Park are ready to lead you into the park on snowshoe adventures.

Biologists Studying Cascade Fox At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on December 14, 2011 - 1:42am
The diminutive Cascade fox, which is though to live only at Mount Rainier and Mount Adams, has developed a nasty habit of begging from visitors to Mount Rainier National Park.

New York Man Dies On Hike At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on December 13, 2011 - 5:34pm
The body of a New York man who went out for a day hike in Mount Rainier National Park was recovered Tuesday.

Reader Participation Day: Do Your Holiday Plans Include a Visit to a National Park?

Submitted by Jim Burnett on November 30, 2011 - 1:51am
The combination of time off from work or school and an appealing destination will entice some Americans to spend at least part of the upcoming holidays in a park. For some it's an annual tradition; for others it's a special, one-time trip. Does a visit to a national park figure into your holiday plans?

A National Park Superintendent And His Questionable Real Estate Deal

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 7, 2011 - 12:33am
What should we make from the story that a National Park Service superintendent sold his house for more than three times its assessed value to a key concessionaire in his park and didn’t consider it a conflict of interest?

Florida Man Killed In Fall Into Christine Falls At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by Anonymous on September 13, 2011 - 9:33am
Rangers at Mount Rainier National Park worked today to recover the body of a Florida man who fell from a cliff above Christine Falls while taking pictures with his son.

Updated: Climbing Fees Rising At Denali National Park and Preserve

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 7, 2011 - 9:49am
It will cost more to climb Mount McKinley and Mount Foraker in Denali National Park and Preserve, as park officials are moving to offset the cost of protecting and rescuing climbers.

The Ledge, An Adventure Story Of Friends And Survival On Mount Rainier

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 5, 2011 - 12:14am
The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier
Just hours from their car, promise of a hot shower, cold beers, and soft beds, Jim Davidson and Mike Price literally plunged into a nightmare that left one of them dead and the other struggling to understand why his friend died and figure out how he would save himself.

Major Law Enforcement Operation at Mount Rainier National Park Snares a Pair of Car Clouters

Submitted by Jim Burnett on August 31, 2011 - 11:49pm
The crime is known as "car clouting," "car prowling" and other less polite names, but whatever you call it, thieves who break into cars and steal valuables can ruin a vacation. Good work by several agencies recently nabbed a pair of crooks responsible for a string of vehicle break-ins at Mount Rainier National Park.

Citizen Scientists Wanted for Cascades Butterfly Project

Submitted by Jim Burnett on August 8, 2011 - 2:57am
Volunteer Citizen Scientists are being recruited for the Cascades Butterfly Project, a long-term effort in six locations in the Cascades Mountains to help biologists identify and count subalpine butterflies. North Cascades National Park and Mount Rainier National Park are among the participating locations.

New Webcam Debuts At Mount Rainier National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on July 21, 2011 - 12:59am
Technology (sadly, perhaps) means you no longer need to climb Mount Rainier to get a good view from near the roof of Mount Rainier National Park.

Permanent Vacation: Twenty Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks

Submitted by Danny Bernstein on June 26, 2011 - 12:01am
Permanent Vacation: Twenty Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks
Millions of people visit our national parks each year, and some never leave. See iconic landscapes through the eyes of bed makers, bridge builders, rangers, and wranglers. Rip through rapids, disappear inside canyons, and witness personal transformations from petrified forest to permafrost. Learn what it's like to ditch the mainstream and make a life in our nation's best idea.
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