Outdoors & River/August 30, 2026
Crystal’s Gondola Puts Rainier at Eye Level in 12 Minutes
A gondola ride from Crystal Mountain’s base to 6,872 feet delivers a front-row view of Mt. Rainier with minimal effort—and it’s a quick drive from Enumclaw.
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Outdoors & River/August 30, 2026
Skyline Loop at Rainier Rewards the Early and the Patient
A TikTok hiker’s hard-won advice: reach the Skyline Loop trailhead before 5:30 a.m. or wait until after 4 p.m. to avoid the crowds.
Outdoors & River/August 30, 2026
A Hiker Names the Best Month to Visit Rainier’s Paradise
Instagram hiker @reneeroaming shares her pick for the best month to visit the Paradise side of Mount Rainier, plus a practical tip about park webcams.
Outdoors & River/August 30, 2026
A Bear on Skyline Trail Almost Had Company
A TikTok video is searching for hikers who may have crested the Skyline Trail at Mount Rainier just ahead of a bear on Friday, August 21.
Local Life/August 30, 2026
Enumclaw Recyclers Gets a Shoutout for Prices and People
A local TikTok creator is singing the praises of Enumclaw Recyclers, calling out its fair prices and friendly staff as reasons to keep coming back.
Outdoors & River/August 30, 2026
Wildfire Closures Push Hikers to Naches Peak Loop
With the Sunrise area still closed due to wildfires, one family found a silver lining on the Naches Peak Loop trail on Rainier’s northeast side.
Outdoors & River/August 30, 2026
Paradise Is Delivering Five Bears a Week Right Now
A visitor who made three trips to Mount Rainier’s Paradise area in a single week reported seeing five different black bears, two of which walked directly onto the trail.
Local Life/August 30, 2026
How Enumclaw Police Found an Oregon Homicide Suspect
Enumclaw Police Chief Tim Floyd describes how local officers tracked and located Benjamin Parker, the suspect in five deaths near Forest Grove, Oregon, after investigators determined he had traveled to Enumclaw.
Local Life/August 30, 2026
Montgomery Park Wins Over a Road-Tripping Family
A family road-tripping through Enumclaw found Montgomery Park’s split play areas—big-kid climbers and a separate toddler zone—worth the stop.
Outdoors & River/August 30, 2026
Pinnacle Peak Loop Caught in Full Gray-Sky Glory
A recent video from Ryan Gibson captures Pinnacle Peak Loop Trail doing what PNW trails do best on a moody afternoon.
Local Life/August 30, 2026
An Enumclaw Webcam Shows Mount Rainier 24 Hours a Day
A live 1080p webcam pointed at Mount Rainier from Enumclaw streams the peak’s current conditions around the clock, clouds and all.
Local Color/August 5, 2026
Carbonado Outlived Its Coal and Its Neighbors
Follow the Carbon River up toward Mount Rainier and you pass through a string of towns that no longer exist, Fairfax, Melmont, Montezuma. Carbonado is the one still standing. Here's how the little "black diamond" town outlived its coal, its railroad baron, and every neighbor it had.