The Mount Rainier Summit is one of the most iconic and dangerous hikes in the Pacific Northwest, drawing adventurers from ...

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what ...

The river has changed drastically since his youth, he told The News Tribune. The water has grown increasingly warm and the ...

New measurements from a local researcher show Mount Rainier could have a new summit. To stream KING 5 on your phone, you need the KING 5 app. Download the KING 5 app ...

Rose Vanderhoof’s July 10 feat made her the oldest woman to summit Mount Rainier, beating Bronka Sundstrom’s record that stood for 21 years. Sundstrom set the record in 2002 when she was 77.

Finally came Eldorado Peak, just south of Diablo Lake. That one’s down 20 feet, Gilbertson said. Like Rainier, the ice cap is no longer the highest point on the mountain, and a rocky spot now ...

Climate change is melting the ice on Mount Rainier. The environmental effects will be widespread, a Park Service study warned. ... The season for climbing the 14,000-foot summit is shorter.

He wanted to measure Rainier at the end of summer when its icy summit would be the most affected by months of warmer weather. It’s also roughly the same time of year the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Mount Rainier could have a new summit New measurements from a local researcher show Mount Rainier could have a new summit. To stream KREM on your phone, you need the KREM app.

A researcher with GPS equipment found Mount Rainier is now about 10 feet shorter than previously measured. Skip to ... short of the summit at 29,032 feet but still well within the so-called ...

Rose Vanderhoof’s July 10 feat made her the oldest woman to summit Mount Rainier, beating Bronka Sundstrom’s record that stood for 21 years. Sundstrom set the record in 2002 when she was 77.