This summer busiest at Mount Rainier since 2003

And apparently many of those visitors brought along their tents, trailers, camp stoves, coolers and sleeping bags, pushing campground use more than 20 percent higher than in 2008.

Park statistics show more than 722,000 people visited the park June through August. That's the highest total for the three-month summer season since 730,642 visited the park in 2003.

This summer's recreational visits were up 5.6 percent compared with last summer.

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