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Snow drifted to the eaves of the Paradise Inn, its steep roof, row of dormer windows and stone chimney heavy with snow under a clear blue sky, with two workers in hard hats at a tunnel entrance cut into the drift. — The Paradise Inn under snow at Mount Rainier National Park on January 23, 2008, with workers at the snow tunnel used for winter maintenance. Photo: Mount Rainier National Park, National Park Service, public domain; cropped and adjusted.

Mount Rainier snowfall at Paradise averages 53 feet a year

Mount Rainier snowfall at Paradise averages 637 inches a year, the park says. The record is 1,122 inches, the low 266, and 2025-26 brought 479.

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Winter Stoke Block Party

November 7th

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City Tree Lighting & Frosty Friday (Snow on Cole)

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Where to Eat

Burger Buds

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Cascadia Pizza Co.

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The Local Coffee House

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Charlie's Cafe

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Outdoors & River

A black-tailed deer buck with velvet-covered antlers walks through a wildflower meadow in front of a stand of conifers along the Myrtle Falls Trail in Mount Rainier National Park, with two more deer out of focus in the grass behind it.

Hunting season in Washington, the dates hikers should know

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A broad band of green aurora, with pink and violet rays rising above it, arcs across a starry sky over a dark mountain ridgeline with patches of snow.

Northern lights in Washington, when and where to look

Local Life

Mount St. Helens at sundown, its snow-streaked summit broken open into a wide crater facing the camera, above gray, gullied ground cut by a braided stream.

Volcanoes in Washington state, the 7 on the USGS threat list

Day Trips

Snow-covered Mount Rainier rises above blue forested ridges and a green valley, seen past white-flowering shrubs and a young conifer from the Pinnacle Peak trail near Enumclaw.

Mount Rainier viewpoints near Enumclaw, nearest first

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Burger Buds

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Takeout / Enumclaw / Burger Buds is a food truck specializing in smash burgers, with reviewers specifically calling out the Wenatchee (apple, blue cheese, garlic aioli) and the Proper Patty. Fries are cooked in beef tallow. The truck is situated next to a brewery, so there’s seating nearby while you wait.

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