Volcanoes have been known to wreak havoc for commercial aviation, but would the eruption of Mt. Rainier result in disaster ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years.

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal system in 1899, shortly after its last eruption. Park status was the culmination of a long campaign by John ...

A Washington hiker who was dramatically rescued from Mount Rainier National Park after he was considered 'dead' for 45 minutes has now been accused of murder. Michael Knapinski's astonishing ...

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.

This may help us use nature as an early warning system for eruptions of the 250 or so volcanoes, including Mt. Rainier in Washington, Mt. Redoubt and Mt Veniaminof. in Alaska, and Eyjafjallajokull ...

The Sunrise sign at Mount Rainier National Park seen covered in snow on Sept. 27, 2023. (National Park Service) TOPICS: Although residents of western Washington bid farewell to summer, it seems ...

SEATTLE— In response to a petition and litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Mt. Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan as a threatened ...