Though the lahars from Mount Rainier likely won’t reach Seattle, Terbush said “it's important to know and understand these hazards and how you can prepare for them, such as knowing your ...

Thousands of Pierce County students participated in a lahar, an evacuation drill, to prepare for the possible eruption of Mount Rainier. This drill took place in Puyallup at the Washington State ...

Mount Rainier has lost glaciers due to the warming climate. Glacier melt threatens rivers, salmon habitats and hydropower across Washington state. South-facing glaciers without high-elevation ...

Mount Rainier has lost glaciers due to the warming climate. Glacier melt threatens rivers, salmon habitats and hydropower across Washington state. South-facing glaciers without high-elevation ...

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what that means for visitors.

Climate change is melting the ice on Mount Rainier. The environmental effects will be widespread, a Park Service study warned. By Somini Sengupta Reporting from Mount Rainier National Park, Wash ...

Hiking at Mount Rainier National Park is a great summer activity. These are the best hikes with kids or for a reasonable challenge. From Paradise to Sunrise, Ohanapecosh to Lake Mowich, great ...

Mount Rainier’s cousin Mount St. Helens, farther south in the Cascade Range, triggered a devastating lahar when it erupted four decades ago, although it did not reach any densely populated areas.

All three were on Mount Rainier, which is home to more ice than any U.S. mountain south of Alaska. Scientists with the National Park Service say that Stevens Glacier was gone as of 2021.

The western face of Mount Rainier features (L-R) the North Mowich, Edmunds, South Mowich, Puyallup, and Tahoma glaciers, documented by an aerial reconnaissance flight on Nov. 21, 2021.

PARADISE, Wash. — Rare winter sunshine explodes off the icy snowpack in the parking lot of the visitor center and lookout here — what folks call a ruby dazzler. Unrestrained, Mount Rainier ...