MT RAINIER TOUR FROM SEATTLE

When you’re ready to book, select your date and tour you have in mind to the right. After selecting the number of guests in your party, your pickup options will appear & you’ll select one of the following:

• 6:35am Seattle Public Library 4th: 1000 4th Ave Seattle, WA
• 6:45am Urban Coffeehouse: 1900 4th Ave Seattle, WA
• 6:55am MoPop Pickup: 325 5th Ave N Seattle, WA (best option for parking downtown Seattle)
• New! 7:25am SeaTac Matt Griffin YMCA: 3595 S. 188th St, SeaTac , WA (best option for parking in SeaTac)

If you’d like assistance picking a meeting location, our friendly office staff is happy to help! 206-768-1234

Plan to arrive to your meeting location 5 minutes ahead of the scheduled pickup time. You’ll want to be on the lookout for a white mini coach that says Tours Northwest. Give our office a call if you haven’t been picked up 5 mins past your scheduled pickup time: 206-768-1234.

This Mt. Rainier day tour from Seattle offers 4 convenient meeting locations within downtown Seattle. You should receive an updated email confirmation that includes your meeting location time in the Pickup Location section. If your confirmation doesn’t include your meeting location information, contact our office immediately to confirm your pick-up time.

Please allow up to 5 minutes for your driver to pick you up from your scheduled pickup time. If you are late to your scheduled meeting location, you may meet at another meeting location instead.

Please note that traffic and weather conditions can affect the routes for this tour. Traffic can be a challenge in Seattle, especially from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Please allow for additional time to be dropped back off at your meeting location.

Gratuities are optional and not included in the price of your day trip to Mt. Rainier tour. If you feel your tour guide has provided an exceptional experience, gratuities are encouraged—and welcomed—at the end of the trip.

Children under 5 are not permitted on this tour.

*Admission/Park fees included. Lunch is not provided.

While our Mt. Rainier day tour itinerary varies widely based on seasonal road closures, weather, group preferences/abilities and traffic, these are all places we might visit (please note, no single-day Mt. Rainier tour will be able to visit all of these):

• Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center

• Paradise Inn

• Skyline Trail

• Reflection Lakes

• Christine Falls

• Myrtle Falls

• Narada Falls

• Silver Falls

• Twin Firs Trail

• Longmire Museum

• Trail of Shadows

• Panorama Point

• Ricksecker Point

• Stevens Canyon

• Box Canyon

• Tipsoo Lake

• Nisqually River

• White River

• Sunrise Point

• Sunrise Visitor Center

Although we don’t offer direct hotel pickups for this tour, we have 3 convenient pickup locations within a short walk of most downtown hotels:

• Seattle Public Library: 1000 4th Ave Seattle, WA (Pickup is 25 minutes before tour start time)
• Urban Coffeehouse (Midtown): 1900 4th Ave Seattle, WA in front of the Urban Yoga Spa (Pickup is 15 minutes before tour start time)
• MoPop Pickup: 325 5th Ave N Seattle, WA (Pickup is 5 minutes before tour start time)

Plan to arrive at your meeting location 5 minutes before the scheduled pickup time. You’ll want to be on the lookout for a white mini-coach that says Tours Northwest.

If you’re driving into town to meet up with a tour, we recommend meeting us at our MoPOP pickup location and parking near here. There are 2 garages across the street from MoPop that are available to guests.

Other options include:

Pacific Place Garage located at 600 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101 is two blocks from our Midtown pickup at 1900 4th Ave Seattle, WA, and has lower hourly rates than most downtown garages

On weekends (and after 4pm weekdays), take advantage of FREE Parking in the Amazon Doppler Building Garage located at 2021 7th Ave (7am – 2am) – this is about a 5 minute walk from our Midtown pickup at 1900 4th Ave Seattle, WA

None of our mini-coaches are equipped with bathrooms, but our guides make every effort to provide opportunities for a public restroom every 60-90 minutes during our tours.

Please dress for comfort and the weather.  Comfortable shoes (ideally hiking boots with good traction and water resistance) will make a huge difference in your enjoyment of the tour.

For more details on what to expect from this tour at different times of the year, check out this blog post.

July and August are the most popular months of the year to visit Mount Rainier, as the snow has melted, wildflowers are in bloom, and it is at its warmest. It is an incredible experience to visit Mt. Rainier year-round, just to make sure to be prepared for inclement weather and snow. Check out our Visiting Mount Rainier Seasonal Guide blog if you want to learn more!

If only we knew… the weather on the mountain tends to be very unpredictable (even from one hour to the next).  In general, prepare for cooler temperatures at the higher elevations and the possibility of rain (or snow for many months).  During July and August, it may also be hot and sunny (although there may still be considerable snow on the ground), so you may want to bring sunscreen. 

You can check this weather forecast for areas within the park (Paradise and Longmire are the relevant areas since we won’t be going to the summit on this tour).

You can also check these webcams for a live view of the weather conditions in the park.

For more details on what to expect from this tour at different times of the year, check out this blog post.

Food options in the park are extremely limited, but that is why we stop at a grocery store on our way out there.  You will have the opportunity to purchase whatever you would like for lunch, and we provide a cooler with ice packs that you can store it in as well.  Of course, if you prefer to bring food from elsewhere, you’re welcome to use our cooler and ice pack from the beginning of the tour as well.

Unfortunately, we cannot wait for more than a minute or two past the pickup time at any of our pickup locations. Please contact our office at 206-768-1234 as soon as you are aware you’ll be running late to discuss your options. There are no refunds available if you are not at your designated pickup location at the pickup time.

We understand that sometimes plans change or things come up. We offer full refunds on all tours canceled at least 24 hours in advance of the tour’s start time.  There are no refunds in the 24 hours leading up to the tour. For private tours, we ask for a minimum of 48 hours notice for a full refund.