Mount Rainier

About Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range, rising to 4,392 m (14,410 ft), and is a heavily glaciated stratovolcano in Pierce County, Washington . The National Park Service describes it as an active volcano and the most glaciated peak in the contiguous United States, with five major rivers originating from it .

Mount Rainier, 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. At 14,406 ft (4,391 m) it is the highest mountain in the U.S.

Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range, rising to 4,392 m (14,410 ft), and is a heavily glaciated stratovolcano in Pierce County, Washington . The National Park Service describes it as an active volcano and the most glaciated peak in the contiguous United States, with five major rivers originating from it .

Documented mountaineering milestones

• 1870 — First documented successful ascent of Mount Rainier (then called Takhoma): Hazard Stevens and Philemon Beecher Van Trump

Routes and approaches

Camp Muir, at 10,188 feet just below the Cowlitz Cleaver, lies along the most traveled and direct route to Mount Rainier’s summit .

These records are loaded from the existing route API. No route metrics are invented when the source does not provide them.

More mountains in Traverse

• Mount Saint Helens — Cascade Range
• Denali — Alaska Range
• Grand Teton — Teton Range
• Half Dome — Sierra Nevada

Sources and provenance

• Wikidata
• Wikipedia
• Wikimedia Commons image
• Google Trends comparison
• Historical or route context
• Historical or route context
• Historical or route context
• Historical or route context

Mountain information is factual reference only, not a current conditions or safety report.

Page reviewed 2026-08-17.