Calendar of Events

January 14 - 16, 2012 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Weekend).
Free Entrance Days in Mount Rainier National Park

Take advantage of free entrance days and enjoy Mount Rainier's "Winter Wonderland". Spend the weekend and reserve your room online at the Historic National Park Inn. Our Winter Getaway package includes a full American Breakfast in our dining room, afternoon tea in our cozy guest lounge and snowshoe and cross-country ski rentals are available next door in the Longmire General Store.

April 21 - 29, 2012
National Park Week
Plan your visit during National Park Week and entrance fees are free all week!

April 21, 2012
Junior Ranger Day at the Park

As part of National Park Week, celebrate Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 21.  Programs will encourage children to get outside and get to know more about their national parks.  For more information contact Mount Rainier National Park at 360-569-2211 x 6131.

April 28, 2012
Third Annual Spring Wine Tasting
The  3rd Annual  "On the Road to Paradise" spring wine tasting event is your chance to discover hard-to-find artisanal wines from small producers such as Small Lot Co-op, Flying Dreams Winery and Stina's Cellars.  Sip, savor, and enjoy a variety of hard to find artisanal wines and micro-brews from small Washington producers.

Mount Rainier Lions Hall in Ashford from 2 pm - 8 pm.
$25 dollars, $20 if purchased in advance
Complimentary is you reserve a room at the National Park Inn and stay that evening. 

June 8 - 10, 2012
Rainier Independent Film Festival

The 6th Annual Rainier Independent Film Festival will be screening films in the Nisqually Valley near Ashford and Mineral on June 8, 9, and 10.  In addition to screening animated, narrative, documentary and feature films, workshops, panels and an awards ceremony are scheduled for this compelling festival.  Rebecca Winters Keegan, Time Magazine Hollywood Correspondent, writes " In the foothills of Mount Rainier is a rarity a film festival actually focused on film."

June 9, 2012
Get Outdoors Day!
Take advantage of free entrance fees, get outdoors and explore your national park with the entire family.   Spend a night in the historic comfort of the National Park Inn or Paradise Inn and experience all that Mount Rainier National Park and it's 14,410 feet have to offer.