The first sight Zalmai “Zeke” Zahir would see most mornings growing up in Seattle and on the Muckleshoot reservation was the white-capped grooves of Mount Rainier. A linguist, Zahir recently published ...

The top of Mount Rainier, which sits at 14,411 feet of elevation, remains consistently blanketed in white snow regardless of the time of year, but the snow increases during the fall and winter as ...

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.

#FIXME Descriptive Unqiue Link Text #FIXME Descriptive Unqiue Link Text Some 200 billion gallons of water melted from Mount Rainier’s glaciers between ... of the region’s precipitation shifts from ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal ... High trails may remain snow covered until mid-July. Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are popular ...

Mount Rainier keeps me up at night because it poses ... Volcanic eruptions usually cause lahars by rapidly melting snow and ice that covers the volcano's slopes, which then destabilizes loose ...

The best time to visit Mount Rainier National Park is July through ... If you want to see the mountainous landscape blanketed in snow, you'll be treated to a winter wonderland if you visit between ...

Weather is a major factor in planning a visit to Mount Rainier. It can snow as early as September and continue until May. The park requires that all vehicles carry tire chains when traveling in ...