Mountains
32 years since Mount St. Helens blew its top
VANCOUVER -- Facilities at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument are free on Friday to mark the 32nd anniversary of the big 1980 blast that killed 57 people and changed the landscape.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
32 years after the blast
Memories of Mount St. Helens' eruption remain vivid
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
Husband of slain ranger leaving Mount Rainier Park
MOUNT RAINIER -- The husband of slain Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson is leaving the park where he also worked as an enforcement officer.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Northwest
Wild Olympics proposal modified
ABERDEEN -- The Wild Olympics proposal has been modified to gain more support for preserving wilderness on the Olympic Peninsula.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Northwest
Lost hikers airlifted off Mount Pilchuck
VERLOT -- A Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue helicopter was being used Sunday evening to bring three stranded hikers on Mount Pilchuck to safety.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Local News
Climbing for a cause
Marysville man raising funds to fight breast cancer
Date: 03/16/2012 | Local News
Cowlitz County touts volcano to tourists
KELSO -- Cowlitz County highlights Mount St. Helens in a tourism marketing campaign starting with the new slogan, "Where Nature Erupts."
Date: 03/09/2012 | Northwest
Biologists check health of Mount St. Helens elk
The Daily NewsMORTON, Wash. -- Pat Miller surveyed a table covered with oozing elk hearts, kidneys and other organs. He pointed out globs of white fat on some of the specimens.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Mining firm's Mount St. Helens plan sparks fight
SEATTLE -- A Canadian company wants to continue test drilling for copper and other minerals near Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington, but environmentalists worry the move could open the door to mine development near a national monument.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
Survey shows growth in Olympic Mountain goat population
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A survey shows a 40 percent jump since 2004 in the number of mountain goats in Washington's Olympic Mountains.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
State Senate honors slain national park ranger
OLYMPIA -- The Washington state Senate has passed a resolution honoring Margaret Anderson, the Mount Rainier National Park ranger who was fatally shot on New Year's Day.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Rangers lead snowshoe and ski trips at Mt. Baker and Snoqualmie Pass
EVERETT -- New winter interpretive programs on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest will take visitors cross-country skiing at the Snoqualmie Pass ski area and snowshoeing in the Mt. Baker area.
Date: 01/30/2012 | Local News
Small quake at Mount St. Helens
SEATTLE -- A magnitude-3.4 earthquake occurred at 2:51 a.m. Wednesday about 10 miles north of Mount St. Helens.The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reports mild shaking was felt in Longview, Castle Rock and Morton.
Date: 01/25/2012 | Northwest
No sign of missing Rainier campers, climbers
SEATTLE. -- Chances of finding four missing climbers and campers alive on Mount Rainier grew more remote Monday as an intensive search turned up no sign of them and another storm approached.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Northwest
Weather blocks search for 4 overdue on Mt. Rainier
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK -- A blizzard is keeping rescuers from continuing to search for four people missing on Washington's Mount Rainier.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Northwest
Elite team searches for 4 missing on Mount Rainier
ASHFORD -- An elite mountain rescue team is on its way up Washington's Mount Rainier, searching for four people missing for days in a nasty storm.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Northwest
Mount Rainier National Park reopens to public Saturday
Mount Rainier National Park in Washington reopens to the public Saturday, and all services with the exception of snow play will be available this weekend.
Date: 01/06/2012 | Life
Mount Rainier park remains closed after shooting
SEATTLE — Staff at Mount Rainier National Park gathered Tuesday to grieve the loss of a ranger fatally shot on New Year's Day — and to wonder what led the gunman, heavily armed and carrying a bulletproof vest, to that rugged, remote spot as he fled another shooting 100 miles...
Date: 01/03/2012 | Northwest
Mountain snow happy news for skiers
SEATTLE -- A fresh coat of snow has blanketed the Cascades, giving skiers a reason to cheer heading into the new year.
Date: 12/31/2011 | Northwest
Backcountry safety
A look at the dangers of winter in Washington state
Date: 12/25/2011 | Need to Know
Mount Rainier ecologists puts foxes on ‘do not feed’ list
PARADISE -- Sure, they're cute and they've learned to beg along the roadway, but don't feed the Cascade foxes, ecologists at Mount Rainier National Park say.
Date: 12/24/2011 | Life
Women bond on journey
'Outdoor rookies' share camaraderie on Mount Rainier climb
Date: 12/19/2011 | Local News
State forest land protected for wildlife
ELLENSBURG -- More than 10,000 acres of Cascade Range forest has been protected for wildlife habitat and public access with transfer of the land from Plum Creek Timber Co. to the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Date: 12/16/2011 | Northwest
Hiker found on Mount Rainier dies
ASHFORD -- A New York man rescued on Mount Rainier Tuesday has been pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Date: 12/13/2011 | Northwest
Visit national parks for free this weekend
Saturday and Sunday are the last days this year to get free entrance to Mount Rainier or Olympic national parks. The fee-free days celebrate Veterans Day, which was Friday.
Date: 11/12/2011 | Life
Quake at Mount St. Helens smaller than thought
SEATTLE -- A small quake at Mount St. Helens that had been estimated as a magnitude 2.0 was even smaller than that when seismologists took a look at it -- 0.8.
Date: 10/28/2011 | Northwest
Former Rainier park chief profited from cozy deal
ASHFORD, Wash. -- The former superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park was promoted to head Grand Canyon National Park this summer even though he was previously reprimanded for selling his home to a contractor at far more than market value, according to a new report.
Date: 10/02/2011 | Northwest
A vision we can share
Viewpoints: Complete the North Cascades National Park
Date: 09/25/2011 | Commentary
Warm, dry spell brings reminder to be careful
The recent hot, dry weather means there's a high fire danger for the Snohomish County area. Public safety officials are asking people to be extra careful.
Date: 09/12/2011 | Local News
Hiker who fell to his death on Pilchuck is identified
VERLOT -- Officials on Thursday identified a man who fell to his death on Mount Pilchuck earlier this week.
Date: 09/08/2011 | Local News
Hiker dies on Mount Pilchuck after 300-foot fall off cliff
VERLOT -- A Snohomish County Search and Rescue helicopter on Wednesday recovered the body of a hiker who fell to his death on Mount Pilchuck the day before.The identity of the man, 29, was not immediately released. He is believed to be from Bellingham.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Local News
High-elevation hikers still stymied by snow
The calendar says Aug. 6, but for high-elevation hikers it might as well be March. "Some higher passes, especially with snow on the north slopes, very likely won't be open this season," said trails coordinator Gary Paull, the go-to guy for information on Darrington Ranger District trails.
Date: 08/06/2011 | Life
Without volunteers, no searches or rescues
Sheriff's Sgt. Danny Wikstrom can't say enough about Snohomish County's search-and-rescue volunteers."These folks love the outdoors, they love people and they want to serve," Wikstrom said. "They live and breathe their motto, 'So others may live.'"
Date: 07/24/2011 | Need to Know
Crystal Mountain ski season ending Saturday
CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN -- The Crystal Mountain ski resort says its ski season will end Saturday, nearly nine months after it opened in November.The resort says the longest season in its 48-year history was made possible by record-breaking snowfall and the new Mount Rainier Gondola.
Date: 07/14/2011 | Northwest
Environmentalists seek to block drilling near St. Helens
SEATTLE -- Environmentalists are seeking to stop exploratory drilling on forest lands near Mount St. Helens, as a Canadian company prepares next month to drill more holes to probe for copper, gold and other minerals.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Northwest
Photo confirms grizzly in Washington's N. Cascades
SEATTLE -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a hiker's photo confirms a sighting of a grizzly bear in Washington state's North Cascades for the first time in perhaps half a century.
Date: 07/01/2011 | Northwest
Learn about Cascades on easy hikes
Take an easy guided hike on Saturdays and Sundays, now through Sept. 4, at Snoqualmie Pass and learn something about the history, plants and animals of the Cascades.
Date: 06/28/2011 | Life
Chinook Pass reopens
CHINOOK PASS -- The Washington Transportation Department reopened Chinook Pass on Thursday, about a month later than it typically takes to clear snow from the 5,430-foot-high pass on Highway 410 between Enumclaw and Naches.The pass provides the east entrance to Mount Rainier National Park.
Date: 06/23/2011 | Northwest
Parks no longer free
Starting July 1, you'll have to pay to visit state parks
Date: 06/23/2011 | Local News
Olympic National Park rangers kill aggressive elk
PORT ANGELES -- Olympic National Park rangers killed an elk that had charged three vehicles and damaged a tent at the Hoh Rain Forest campground.
Date: 06/21/2011 | Northwest
Sunrise, White River Campground still closed at Mount Rainier
Two popular spots at Mount Rainier won't be available for visitors until July.Parks employees on Friday released photos that explain why: deep snow.The Sunrise Area and the White River Campground on the northeast side of the mountain remain closed.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Local News
Hiker spooked by aggressive mountain goat
SHELTON -- A hiker says he was spooked by a run-in with an aggressive mountain goat on Washington's Olympic Peninsula near Lake Cushman. Jim Decker was hiking on the Mount Rose Trail in Mason County on Tuesday evening. He'd been hiking with his wife but they became separated.
Date: 06/16/2011 | Northwest
Newly minted quarter honors Olympic National Park
PORT ANGELES -- Olympic National Park gets its two-bits worth in a new quarter from the U.S. Mint.One side of the coin honors the park with a depiction of a Roosevelt elk standing on Hoh River gravel bar with Mount Olympus in the background.
Date: 06/14/2011 | Northwest
Search suspended for stricken Mount Rainier climber
ASHFORD -- A search for an ailing climber left high on Mount Rainier has been suspended because of strong winds and evidence that he likely fell 2,000 feet.
Date: 06/14/2011 | Northwest
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