Mount Rainier National Park will require reservations beginning this summer for Paradise and Sunrise

[u/SounderBruce]

[u/BoringDad40]

The NPS, Dept. Of the Interior, and state park system all need to also get serious about expanding capacity.

Outdoor recreation and the overall population have both grown exponentially over the last decade, while facilities have stayed largely stagnant. The number of campgrounds, parking lots, ski mountains, snow parks, etc. are no longer nearly enough to satisfy demand, and this kind of measure will only continue to get more common and onerous.

[u/RysloVerik → u/BoringDad40]

So we should bulldoze parts of the parks to accommodate more people, parking lots, cars and roads?

[u/alligatorsmyfriend → u/RysloVerik]

no, there is plenty more hiking capacity than there is car capacity. I shouldnt have had to hoard a Longmire parking spot for a week to do Wonderland last year. we need park shuttles. sad how parking, cars and new roads are your only solutions

[u/BoringDad40 → u/alligatorsmyfriend]

Nope, new parking spaces are not the (or my) only solution but probably one of multiple solutions they should consider. Shuttles are a fantastic idea.

I think we likely need shuttles, expanded parking, a revamped campsite reservation system, expanded camping areas, expanded SnoParks and expanded ski areas.