Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 4,392m, Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest. Situated just 95km southeast of ...

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. Of course, ...

Thirty years ago, my friend Jeff and I set off to climb the north face of Mount Rainier (14,411 feet) via Liberty Ridge — a narrow rib of snow and ice more than 5,000 feet tall. Our divergent ...

SEATTLE (AP) - Climbers will have to pay more if they want to scale Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier National Park officials announced Tuesday that an annual climbing pass will cost most adults $43, or an ...

Unlike heat or cold or wind or fatigue, which had all made themselves unpleasantly known in raw physical ways, gravity was more insidious, creeping inside my bones, my brain and deep in my belly.

Jiri Richter and Ben Watson were drawn to the mountains — and they always wanted to help others reach the summit. Richter, 51, gave fellow climbers a pat on the shoulder and patiently told them to ...

Seattle historian Feliks Banel discusses the first successful climb of Mount Rainier 145 years ago, the battle to name it, and the beer it inspired. Several U-Haul trucks were destroyed after a fire ...

ASHFORD — Nearly a century’s worth of snowfall have erased the tracks made by Effie Burnard, one of the first women to summit Mount Rainier, first in 1919 with her father and again in 1920 with her ...

Two people died while climbing at Mount Rainier National Park, according to the National Park Service. Search-and-rescue crews recovered the bodies of the two climbers from the Wilson Glacier area of ...

Hunter and his brother Ethan pose with Ron and Don, confirming Hunter did make it to the top of Mount Rainier. (MyNorthwest.com) After only a few hours of sleep, months preparing, and thousands of ...

ASHFORD, Wash. — Officials with the National Park Service said the body of a 52-year-old Canadian man was recovered after he fell while climbing Mt. Rainier on Monday. In a news release, park ...