Directions:

Fr Seattle, drive S on Hwy 410 to Mount Rainier National Park. Several access points around park.

Notes:

Highest point in Washington 14,410' with over 35 square miles of ice and 6 glaciers. Small areas, like Tokaloo Rock, exist in park for rock climbing. Though not technically a rock climb and certainly not a sport route, Rainier is included here for its title of the renowned summit of Washington. For the inexperienced in glacial travel, guide services are available locally. Visible for over 100 miles away. First ascent recorded as early as 1857 to the summit area, 1870 to the top. (Crummy rock, but good shoveling.) Emmons Glacier is notably the largest glacier in the lower 48 states. Little Tahoma is a high satellite of Rainier.

Classics:

Mt. Rainier- Liberty Ridge, Emmons Glacier

References:

AAJ ['76-441, 74, 66-69], C [105 (rts), 72], OB 17(10/74), Su [5/88, 7/86, 5/73, 3/73, 5/72, 9/71, 7/71, 4/71, 10/69, 9/68, 11/67, 3/67, 11/66, 5/66, 11/65, 9/65, 4/65, 6/64, 1/63]; The Challenge of Rainier; Guidebook(s): Nelson/Potterfield's Selected Climbs in the Cascades, Smoot's Summit Guide to Cascade Volcanoes, Smoot's Adventure Guide to Mt. Rainier: Hiking, Climbing, and Skiing in Mount Rainier National Park, Fifty Classic Climbs, Beckey's Cascade Alpine Guide I, Molenaar's Climbing History and Routes of Mt. Rainier, Meany's Mt. Rainier: A Record of Exploration