Conditions change by the hour at elevation — always check the agency's own status page before you drive.
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Sunrise Park Road
Elev 6,400 ft

Sunrise Park Road

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

The highest point you can drive to in Washington, dead-ending at 6,400 feet on Mount Rainier's northeast shoulder. Its season is short even by seasonal-road standards: snowfields linger into July and return in September.

This year

Live plow-season reports load here. For today's conditions, go straight to Mount Rainier NP's status page.

Conditions change by the hour at 6,400 feet — check Mount Rainier NP's status page before you drive.

The record

Usually opens in late June or early July — one of the last roads in the Northwest to melt out. Closes with the first lasting snow, usually by early October. The winter closure covers the road from the White River entrance up to Sunrise.

We're still assembling this road's year-by-year record from Mount Rainier NP archives — it will appear here as it's confirmed. In the meantime, Mount Rainier NP's page has current conditions.