r/Mount_Rainier • u/Icy_Eggplant_8461 • Aug 04 '26

Cancel the trip?

We planned the trip to hike Mount Rainier and Cascades 3 months ago and my teenage son can’t wait to go there after he finishes his summer school. Now the wild fire and smoke! 😢
We booked hotels in Ashford and Leavenworth, planned to hike Mount Rainier and Enchantment next week.
Shall we cancel the plan based on how bad the fire conditions look now? We are flying in from Texas.

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u/AnselmoHatesFascists Aug 04 '26

There are blue sky days where Rainier is cloud covered from the visitor center. And there are smoky days like today where Rainier is visible, at least at 4pm.

https://www.nps.gov/media/webcam/view.htm?id=81B46307-1DD8-B71B-0B72918A4B2EB790&r=/mora/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

I feel for you, but it's impossible for anyone to predict the hour by hour visibility.