By Vonnai Phair
From The Seattle Times
Seattle—Mount Rainier National Park is seeking public feedback on a draft plan to implement a timed-entry reservation system during peak visitation hours in the summer.
Visitation rises each year at Mount Rainier National Park, according to the National Park Service. From 2008 to 2021, annual visitation rose from 1.1 million visits per year to above 1.7 million visits.
In the summer, the park experiences “extremely concentrated use,” with approximately 70 percent of visits occurring between July and September. Much of this use is concentrated in a relatively small number of popular destinations, including the Paradise and Sunrise areas, NPS said….