Mount Rainier National Park Reviews

Mount Rainier National Park

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  • Beautiful Mount Rainier National Park

    Oct 17 '04
    Pros: Beautiful mountain scenery
    Cons: Food service

    Summary: Why We Went It was time again to visit "the kids." My son had some business in the Seattle area. He suggested while we were there, that we check out Mount Rainier National Park. How could I argue? Where We Stayed Daughter in law (DIL) ... read more

  • What an awsome place to visit

    Aug 23 '05
    Pros: great scenery, great wildflowers, great hiking
    Cons: crowds, but they are bearable

    Summary: I have traveled all around the country to pursue my hiking passion. In August of 2005 my travels lead me to Mt. Rainier NP for the first time. I was not disappointed with my visit to this great national park. I drove to MRNP all the way from Buffalo, ... read more

  • Mt. Rainier

    Jan 23 '03
    Pros: Beautiful park! Awesome mountains and views
    Cons: Weather is very moody

    Summary: My wife and I climbed Mt. Rainier on July 21-22. When you come in to the park, you are taken up by the enormosity of Mt. Rainier. It doesn't look that tall (over 14,000 ft.), but instead it just looks big! If you plan to climb and summit like we did, ... read more

  • You will want to come back

    Aug 11 '01
    Pros: great views, lush Northwest nature, wildlife views
    Cons: cold and cloudy

    Summary: It is quite interesting that if you go to the Mt Rainier page on Epinions, there are no opinions not recommending it, at least so far. Assuming that everyone who wrote an opinion has visited the national monument, it would be safe to assume that everyone ... read more

  • Year-Round Paradise an Hour Away!

    Jul 13 '01
    Pros: Beautiful scenery, easy access, good camping facilities, wildlife abounding.
    Cons: Not enough campsites, becomes crowded on weekends.

    Summary: I have lived in Washington (state) since 1979, but a lot of that time was spent in Eastern Washington, around Spokane. I had seen pictures of Mt Rainier and thought I would like to visit it someday. After I got married, I ended up moving to Western ... read more

  • Mt Rainier: Love at First Sight

    Feb 23 '01
    Pros: Absolutely beautiful
    Cons: The weather can be unpredictable and treacherous.

    Summary: It has been over a quarter of a century since I first set eyes on her and yet that memory is as vivid today as the day it happened. It was early August in 1973 and I was 18 years old, fresh out of high school and bound for college. I had left East ... read more

  • A Breathtaking Adventure

    Dec 15 '00
    Pros: peaceful drive, a lot to see
    Cons: none that I can think of

    Summary: My daughter and I played hooky from school one spring day to make the trip with my mom. We packed some sodas and sandwiches, and made sure we were prepared with cameras and film. I'm always impressed with the forests of the Cascades. They ... read more

  • More Beautiful Than I Imagined

    Sep 07 '00
    Pros: Magnificent, Indescribable
    Cons: Crowded

    Summary: This past summer I visited Colorado, Utah, Yellowstone, the Tetons and Yosemite. Nowhere did I see a more magnificent mountain than Mt. Rainier. Driving out of Seattle you can see it towering over the land and you think it's not real, just a strange ... read more

  • Avoiding the crowds without leaving civilization

    Jul 24 '00
    Pros: Awesome Glaciers
    Cons: Snow at higher elevations so dangerous and wet if you don't wear proper clothes and shoes. But if you're prepared, this is a pro.

    Summary: The first time I saw Mt Ranier was from my airplane. We sat on the right on our flight up from California and flew right by Mt Hood, Mt. St Helens and Mt Ranier. It was awesome - a great way to start our trip to Mt. Ranier and we were glad we got to the ... read more

  • A local's point of view

    Jul 22 '00
    Pros: GORGEOUS Northwest scenery
    Cons: Price of everything

    Summary: Know where the first recorded UFO sighting was? Mt. Rainier some 50 years ago. Hey! This is Bigfoot territory-we have it all!!! I have lived in the shadow of Mt. Rainier for the past 21 years, since I was 10 years old. I have seen it in ... read more

  • Climbing Mt. Rainier

    Jul 20 '00
    Pros: The most famous Washington landmark
    Cons: crowds, long drive

    Summary: I wanted to puke. Here I was, 9,000 feet up the northern shoulder of majestic Mt. Rainier, Washington, and I felt like spilling my cookies all over the nice, clean snow. Some climber! Our group of ten Air Force members were on a climb, ... read more

  • A Magnificent Soaring Buttress!

    Jul 12 '00
    Pros: Spectacular Views, Glaciers, Great Hiking, Wildlife, Giant Trees
    Cons: Not enough Camping Areas, Slow Winding Roads, Crowded

    Summary: Mt. Rainier National Park is a place that I hold dear and a place that everyone should visit. There is no site quite like the one of this soaring 14,411 ft. buttress of a peak. It is especially impressive when viewed from outside the park, most notably ... read more

  • Breathtaking and Relaxing!

    Jul 09 '00
    Pros: breathtaking!
    Cons: none

    Summary: If you are looking for a place to go while you are in the Washington state area, I would definitely recommend Mount Rainier!! We just went on a family trip to Washington and we thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Mount Rainier. The great thing is that you ... read more

  • Climbing Mt. Rainier

    Jun 27 '00
    Pros: A classic climb
    Cons: Not particularly fun...

    Summary: What possesses a person to spend 3-4 days trudging up endless slopes of snow and ice, shivering in freezing temperatures at night while being baked by UV rays during the day, just to reach a place where it's hard to breathe and the winds are trying to ... read more

  • We played in the snow in June!

    Jun 17 '00
    Pros: breath-taking views
    Cons: We didnt stay the night there!

    Summary: Mount Rainier is always there, wherever you go in Western Washington. It's magestic peaks can be seen from all over. We spent two years out here before we finally got the time together to make the trip to see it firsthand. The drive from ... read more

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