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.

Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range. We look into its climbing history, spotlighting the pioneers who ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal ... one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The Sicily, Italy, volcano is almost constantly in a state ...

What they're saying: "Rainier, you're the volcanic equivalent of a dude at a party with an acoustic guitar … self-serving and cringey," said Mt. Hood Adventures on TikTok. "Sit down, Mt Hood ...

A geologist from Eastern Washington State College returned from a research trip and warned that one of Washington’s volcanoes ...

A crevasse is a deep crack in a glacier, and Mount Rainier — which lies about three ... according to the National Park Service. The active volcano is 14,410 feet tall. “It was really quick.

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

It shows the underground plumbing system that provides molten and partly molten rock to the magma chamber beneath the Mount Rainier volcano in Washington state. The scale at left is miles depth.

“The summit of Rainier is a large snow covered volcanic crater ringed by smoking steam vents,” said Scott Axelson. “It’s an active volcano like Mt. St. Helens although it’s dormant at present.” Photo ...

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 ...