FEES

Educational Field Trips
Classes visiting the park for curriculum-based education programming that relates to the park’s resources (glaciers, volcanic processes and hazards, life zones, subalpine and alpine ecology, etc.) can apply for an educational fee waiver. Apply for a fee waiver at least one month prior to your planned visit. Please fill out and fax to 360-569-2187.

The signed, approved fee waiver must be presented at the entrance station when you arrive at the park. If your group is traveling in multiple vehicles, we recommend that you make a copy of the approved form for each vehicle for ease of entry. Groups arriving without an approved fee waiver will pay the regular individual park entrance fees.

Recreational Field Trips
If your class visit to the park is primarily recreational, your group does not qualify for an educational fee waiver and regular individual park entrance fees apply; the per vehicle fee is only for private vehicles and not intended for any type of organized group. Current Mount Rainier entrance fees:
Students ages 16 and under: FREE (exempt by Federal Law)
Adults and students ages 17 and over: $5 per person

POLICIES

Class Size Policy
To ensure educational effectiveness, resource protection, and group safety, programs are limited to one class (30 students) per program. If will be bringing more than one class (30 students), please be prepared to conduct activities with the other class(es) while one is with the ranger.

Student Supervision
Teachers are responsible for discipline of their students and coordination of chaperones while at the park. For field trips, we request the following minimum adult to child ratios:

Grades K-3: One adult per every three children
Grades 4-8: One adult per every five children
Grades 9-12: One adult per every ten children

Students must be under adult supervision and aware of safety and resource protection guidelines at all times.

Late and Cancellation Policy
Due to the hazards of mountain travel, particularly in winter weather conditions (potentially late October through June), we recommend that you allow ample travel time. If you are running late, please call the park Education Office at 360-569-6038. If your plans (or the weather) change such that you need to cancel your scheduled program, please call to cancel or reschedule. Please recognize that due to staffing limitations and other groups we may not be able to accommodate these changes, but every effort will be made to do so.