Mt. Rainier is a stunning place to hike, but one season hides serious dangers that can catch visitors off guard.

Whether a first-time climber, or an experienced mountaineer, the time to prepare for your 2025 Mt. Rainier climb begins now.

Climbing Mt. Rainier requires proficiency in mountaineering skills including crevasse rescue, snow and ice climbing techniques, glacier travel, and rope work.

More than 300 earthquakes have erupted at Washington's Mount Rainier this week, the largest earthquake swarm at the volcano ...

Since its first ascent, thousands of mountaineers have climbed Mount Rainier, which now has over 20 climbing routes. To date, there have been 370,000-400,000 successful ascents.

Climbing Mount Rainier in 2025. Your list of resolutions for 2025 includes climbing iconic Mt. Rainier. Our ‘Preparation Series’ focuses on Conditioning (), Gear and Equipment (), Climbing ...

The river has changed drastically since his youth, he told The News Tribune. The water has grown increasingly warm and the salmon are dwindling, throwing all life that depends on them off balance, he ...

Dawes Eddy, 80, was reported missing after he began a solo climb of Mount Rainier on May 30 and failed to return home. By Staff Author. Published on June 7, 2023 01:59PM EDT.

Whether a first-time climber, or a seasoned veteran, preparation for this the Mt. Rainier journey begins now. The actual climbing season begins around late May and runs through September.

While climbing Mount Rainier in March 1999, Eddy fell over rock cliffs and tumbled about 1,900 feet down a gully. He was rescued by other mountaineers and park rangers.

From 1950 to 2022, Mount Rainier saw 471,615 climbers. If you’re looking to join this number and climb Rainier — a multiday, roughly 9-mile ascent of over 9,000 feet of snow, rock and ...

A Canadian man trying to summit Mount Rainier fell to his death on Monday. Chun Hui Zhang, 52, was climbing with friends when he took a “substantial fall,” the National Park Service ann… ...