The top of the mountain is coming down. Five different U.S. mountains, including Mount Rainier, are experiencing ice loss at ...

In September 2024, Eric Gilbertson arrived at Mount Rainier with a grant from the American Alpine Club and a simple mission — to find out if the summit was still where everyone thought. Gilbertson, an ...

Sometimes a mountain is measured by more than its height.Take Mount Rainier. Washington State’s highest point is 23 feet lower than Colorado’s high point, 14,433-foot Mount Elbert. But there’s little ...

Four climbers who were stranded near the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington state since Monday were finally rescued by a helicopter crew Thursday, bringing an end to a tortuous ordeal involving cold ...

The body of a 41-year-old Bremerton man who collapsed Wednesday on Mount Rainier was recovered on Thursday. The man, Brian Harper, was participating in an expedition led by the licensed guide service ...

FILE - In this file photo taken June 19, 2013, Mount Rainier is seen from a helicopter flying south of the mountain and west of Yakima, Wash. A helicopter rescued four climbers from near the summit of ...