Mount Rainier Campout – July/August 2026

Seven of us spent July 30 to August 2 camping and hiking at Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park. We car-camped at White River Campground and took excursions up the hill to Sunrise.

Three of us arrived on Thursday to secure first-come first-serve campsites. I spent the afternoon walking on the Glacier Basin Trail which begins in the campground.

On Friday, I planned to do a scouting trip to climb Mount Fremont but due to logistics, I went up solo but with many other hikers. I stopped at a pullout on the road up and observed a black bear feeding in a meadow. I heard Ptarmigan at the top but could not locate them. Spectacular views of The Mountain from the Mount Fremont lookout. I saw a Swainson’s Hawk and Prairie Falcon on this hike.

On Saturday, three of us met at the Sunrise parking lot at 7 a.m.