Climbing Mt Rainier
At 14,411 ft (4,392 m), Mt Rainier towers over Seattle. On clear days, Rainier is visible from just about every Seattle neighborhood.
Nearly 2 Million people visit the park every year, while 9,000 attempt to climb to the top. A mere 5,000 succeed annually. This lens is for the visitors to Rainier that want to actively engage with the mountain. That includes hiking along the miles of trails in the park area, all the way to full summit attempts.
Essential Mt Rainier Links
- Rainier Weather
- Includes temperatures and wind forecasts for Paradise (where the road ends), Camp Muir (base camp) and the summit. Updated twice daily.
- Official National Park Page
- Park information, etc.
- Rainier Summit Attempts
- Climbing stats from every year since 1950. Roughly 9,000 people try to summit every year and 5,000 succeed.
- Volcanic History of Mt Rainier
- Limited information by the University of North Dakota about Rainier's Volcanic history. Several good aerial shots of Rainier
Mt Rainier Photos (1)
Photos from a Distance
Great photos found on Flickr of Mt Rainier.
Rainier through the clouds
view from discovery park, seattle, with mt. rainier in the distance.
Mount Rainier with a cap cloud on July 4, 1997.
Rainier Guide Services
- Rainier Mountaineering Inc.
- RMI was the sole guide service to operate on Mount Rainier for many, many years. They are a locally-based, very professional outfit that climbs on some of the most challenging peaks around the world.
- International Mountain Guides
- Interational Climbing Organization. They had earlier been licensed to climb the longer Emmons Glacier Route.
- Alpine Ascents International
- Interational Climbing Organization. They had earlier been licensed to climb the longer Emmons Glacier Route.
Mt Rainier Climbing Blog
A good blog written by Mike Gauthier, the climbing program manager and rescue coordinator for Mount Rainier National Park (also an author of one of the Rainier books highlighted). Contains useful information about the conditions on the popular climbing routes.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byClimbing & Rainier related Books
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
The definitive guide to Mountaineering for decades. Written by the Mountaineers, a Seattle-based mountaineering group.
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 10/08/2008)
Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide (A Climbing Guide) 2nd Edition
Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 10/08/2008)
50 Hikes in Mount Rainier National Park (100 Hikes In...)
Amazon Price: (as of 10/08/2008)
Mt Rainier Travelogs
- Our climb - 2006
- I climbed Rainier with a group of 7 friends, led by RMI. 6 of us made it to the top.
- Unguided climb - 2006
- Short account with a few good photos of a successful unguided summit bid.
- Unguided climb - 2004
- Several great high-res photos of Rainier and a well-written account of an unguided climb. Our experience with RMI was nothing like what they described. In fact, we were incredibly impressed with RMI's professionalism.
- 1998 Avalanche
- While not a travelog, this news account of an avalanche on Rainier remind us of the sobering risks taken at altitude.
More Rainier Photos
On the Mountain
This view was taken when descending from Camp Muir. Hiking thru the clouds we h...
Mount Rainier News
Recent headlines about Mt Rainier.
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