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Mount Rainier National Park
Brochures
 

The brochures listed below are all PDF documents. Adobe Reader is required to open these documents. Users with slower connections may find it easier to download the documents before viewing them. To do that, right-click and select "save target as". Then, open the documents with your Adobe Reader. 

The Mount Rainier National Park "Tahoma News" is printed each winter, spring, summer and fall. Look inside for descriptions of seasonal activities, current events and facility hours. Click on the link below to read the most recent edition on-line or receive a printed copy when you arrive at the entrance gate to the park.

Fall Tahoma News 2009 September 8 - December 31, 2009
Summer Tahoma News 2009 July 1 - September 7, 2009
Spring Tahoma News 2009 May - June 2009
Winter Tahoma News 2009 January - April 2009
           

Activities:
Bicycling (93 kb)
Climbing (154 kb)
Saddle & Pack Animals (73 kb)

Camping:
Campground Regulations (64 kb)
Choosing & Reserving a Campsite (80 kb)
Wilderness Camping & Climbing (54 kb)
Forest Service Campgrounds Near Mount Rainier (145 kb)

Winter Recreation:
Winter Recreation, with Paradise map (948 kb)
Winter Camping, with Paradise map (943 kb)
Winter Group Camping, with map (1.03 Mb)
Autumn Recreation, with Paradise map (778 kb)
Avalanche Safety (173 kb)

History:
The Story of Paradise Inn (300 kb)

Miscellaneous:
Pets in the Park (86 kb)
Keep Wildlife Wild Brochure
Keep Wildlife Wild half-page handout (81 kb)
Accessibility (113 kb)

Park Brochure Translations
General information about visiting the park in several languages. More languages will be added as the translation process continues.
Chinese - Simplified (125 kb)
Chinese - Traditional (122 kb)
French (165 kb)
German (240 kb)
Italian (211 kb)
Japanese (124 kb)

Science:
Animal Encounters (208 kb)
Geology of Mount Rainier (145 kb)
Mammals of Mount Rainier (282 kb)
Mount St. Helens (287 kb)

Area Trails
Longmire Area Trails
Paradise Area Trails
Ohanapecosh Area Trails
Sunrise Area Trails
Carbon and Mowich Area Trails

Trail brochures for more extensive hikes can be found here.

Visitor exploring the former Paradise Ice Caves.  

Did You Know?
For many years, the Paradise Ice Caves were a popular attraction at Mount Rainier. Until the 1980s, visitors could explore passages within the Paradise Glacier which had formed due to seasonal melting of the ice. By the early 1990s, climate change had melted away the last traces of the caves.
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Last Updated: November 20, 2009 at 13:50 EST