Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range. We look into its climbing history, spotlighting the pioneers who ...

"Mt Rainier is the tallest peak in Washington ... is approximately 10 feet shorter than its historically recorded height of 14,410 feet, which was first measured by triangulation in 1914 and ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Washington’s Mount Rainier boasts the largest collection of glaciers on a single peak in the contiguous United States.

Rising above Seattle like a massive ice cream cone, Mount Rainier is the fifth-highest mountain in the continental United States. About 11,000 people attempt to climb the glaciated peak annually ...

As summer draws near in Western Washington, visiting Mt. Rainier is at the top of many ... within the most heavily travelled corridor at the height of the park’s visitor season would increase ...

Visitors call the area "breathtaking" and "gorgeous," especially in peak wildflower season (July ... From this perch, travelers will have views of Mount Rainier and other volcanoes in the Cascade ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became ... originally christened the peak in 1792, naming it after his friend Rear Admiral Peter Rainier of the Royal Navy.