CLIMBING MOUNT RAINIER

Adventurers have attempted to summit Washington’s Mount Rainier since 1857, with the first documented ascent by P.B. Van Trump and Hazard Stevens in 1870.

1927

A group of climbers on Mount Rainier pause at 12,000 feet to view the loud formations below.

2019

Prior to a su essful summit of Mount Rainier, modern-day limbers pra ti e revasse res ue.

JUST THE STATS

Mount Rainier is the tallest vol ano in the ontiguous U.S. at 14,410 feet. It has 25 named gla iers, the most of any mountain in the ontinental U.S.

5TH NATIONAL PARK

Mount Rainier National Park was established in 1899.

BECAUSE IT’S THERE

In 2018, 10,762 limbers attempted the summit; 5,135 were su essful.