| Professor Rainier's Class |
| Quiet! Class already started, so pull up a chair for a few minutes, and learn some more about Mt. Rainier... |
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| Climbing Mt. Rainer |
| History - and - It's a National Park |
| Congress established Mount Rainer National Park on March 2, 1899, encompassing about 365 square miles. About 2 million visitors come to the park each year. |
| Approximately 10,000 people attempt to climb Mt. Rainier each year with about 50% achieving the summit. Those unable to attain the summit usually fall back due to the weather or their conditioning. |
| Basic / Key Info about Mt. Rainier |
| Mt. Rainier is a stratovolcano located in Washington about 55 miles southeast of Seattle. With a topographical summit of 14,411 ft (4392m), it is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and amazingly, has a topographical prominence on the southern flank (13,211ft) greater than that of K2. Approximately 35 square miles of snow and glacial ice cover Mt. Rainier, but heat from the volcano keeps the crater free of snow and ice, although there are glacier caves at the summit crater. See this link (Wikipedia - online encyclopedia) |
| Mt. Rainier is a relatively young volcano, ONLY about 500,000 years old. By contrast, the Cascade Range that Mt. Rainier stands above is approximately 12 million years old. It is considered to be an 'episodically active' volcano, meaning it will erupt again. |
| o Mount Rainier National Park - lots of info via the N.P.S site. o Mount Rainier National Park Info Page - general info / visit page o Historical Photos of Mt. Rainier - site for pics / historical images o Welcome to Visit Rainier - general welcome site / info for visiting o Mount Rainier Climbing - blog / info - good up-to-date Rainier climbing beta / info o Climbing Rainier - Info About - nps site, general info o Summit Post.Org site - Climbing Rainier - climb reports, routes, pics, lots of climb beta o Mount Rainier - FAQ - general information / FAQ about climbing Rainier o Understanding Altitude & Nutrition - general info site altitude effect / nutrition / climbing o Alpine Ascents, International - guide service I do my climbs with; there are others |
| Misc. Links for / about / relating to Mt. Rainier & Climbing It |