Winter climbing in Mount Rainier National Park is technical and, when paired with extreme weather conditions, can turn deadly ...

Mt. Rainier has lost its status as a year-round ice-capped peak, according to a new survey that shows the iconic mountain is shrinking—and its summit has even shifted location. The study, published in ...

Mount Rainier summit drops 20 feet, climate study finds A new analysis by Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research finds the summit of the iconic Washington peak has declined and shifted south prompting ...

Climate change is altering summits of the tallest ice-capped mountains in the contiguous United States. For the last century, there have been five ice-capped summits in the contiguous United States, ...

Authorities have recovered the bodies of two climbers who died near Wilson Glacier in Mount Rainier National Park.