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Mount Rainier National Park Tours & Holidays

This mountain has celebrity status.

Mount Rainier is more than just one of North America's most famous volcanoes; It's both a landmark and an icon of the Pacific Northwest. Known simply as "The Mountain" to locals, Rainier serves as a dramatic backdrop, a point of reference, a guardian and a threat... it is an active volcano, after all. This national park checks all the boxes for avid hikers and nature lovers. An epic eden of alpine lakes, wildflower fields and heart-stopping vistas sit high on the shoulders of a heavily glaciated peak, and hiking in the shadow of a 4,392-metre goliath is nothing short of awe-inspiring. So lace up your hiking boots, charge the camera, and get ready to see firsthand why The Mountain means so much to the people that live here.

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Purple Lupin growing on a hillside across the valley from Mount Ranier, as the sun goes down

Explore paradise on earth

The Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park is renowned for its brilliantly coloured wildflower meadows. So renowned, in fact, that in 1889, John Muir stated that Paradise was "the most luxuriant and extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine gardens I ever beheld." A network of trails loops around the meadows, each with jaw-dropping views of Mount Rainier's summit. In stark contrast to the kaleidoscope of summer blooms, by December, the meadows will be buried in a staggering amount of snowfall.

Glacial Basin Hiking Trail Mount Rainier National Park On Cloudy Day

Check out the ice, ice baby

Indigenous tribes use the mountain's original name, Tahoma, which can mean "snowy peak" or "sky wiper"... a fitting name for the tallest, snowiest peak in Washington. The Mountain's 25 glaciers make it the most heavily glaciated peak in the United States, outside of Alaska. In the winter, the Paradise area of the park is known as one of the snowiest places on earth, receiving over 16 km annually, but in the summer, certain trails will get you so close to the glaciers that you can count the crevasses.

The Cascade Waterfalls in Mount Rainier National Park, on a spring day

Spot cascades in the Cascades

Where there are glaciers, there are rivers, and where there are rivers, there are... you guessed it, waterfalls! Mount Rainier's glaciers are the source of five significant river systems that create over 150 waterfalls — the most of any mountain in the Cascades range. And you don't need to be an expert hiker to reach the falls; Narada Falls is an impressive sight that can easily be reached by car, with a constant mist that often produces rainbows.

The Skyline hiking trail that goes up Mount Rainier, and passes a glacier on the way, USA

See a different kind of skyline

The Skyline Trail might just be the MVP of trails in the park. From purple fields of wild lupine and thundering waterfalls to cheeky marmots and the ever-present backdrop of the mountain's summit, Skyline has all the photo ops. At 1,920 metres, the trail passes Glacier Vista, giving an up-close look at the rambling Nisqually Glacier, and while the 8.7 km trek gains some elevation fairly quickly, tired legs are a fair price to pay for these epic views.