Mount Rainier

first ascent

On July 16, 1857, Kautz made what is sometimes credited as the first ascent of Mount Rainier. Kautz is reported as having climbed to the edge of Rainier’s crater rim, but as he did not make the final walk to Rainier’s Columbia Crest, his ascent has often been described as incomplete.

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geology

Around 5,000 years ago, a large chunk of the volcano slid away and that debris avalanche helped to produce the massive Osceola Mudflow, which went all the way to the site of present-day Tacoma and south Seattle.

glacier

Nisqually Glacier

glaciers

With 26 major glaciers and 36 sq mi (93 km2) of permanent snowfields and glaciers, Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states.

mention

Mount Rainier was in full view. In the vicinity were several beautiful lakes, while we were supplied with water by the springs which with the country was generously irrigated. About a mile distant was the new townsite of Steilacoom, where boats landed and ships anchored and a store had been located.

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OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1744903493

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/places/mountains/mount-rainier/mount-rainier.md

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Mount Rainier from the airplane window

plateau

The Enumclaw Plateau, on which the city resides, was formed by a volcanic mudflow (lahar) from Mount Rainier approximately 5,700 years ago.

Puget Lobe

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river

Nisqually River

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trail

Skyline Trail

vantage point

vicinity

visibility

On clear days it [Mount Rainier] dominates the southeastern horizon in most of the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area to such an extent that locals sometimes refer to it simply as “the Mountain”.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194057

Wikipedia

Mount Rainier (Wikipedia) Mount Rainier (/reɪˈnɪər/ ray-NEER), also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about 59 miles (95 km) south-southeast of Seattle. With a summit elevation of 14,417 ft (4,394 m), it is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington and the Cascade Range, the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States, and the tallest in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.