Social media users are escalating the long-simmering battle between Washington and Oregon into an all-out roast session, ...

Over the last 20 years, scientists have been upgrading and expanding lahar monitoring stations around this volcano, collectively known as The Mount Rainier Lahar Detection System. This system is ...

Mount Rainier, the massive stratovolcano in Washington state, has remained dormant for over 1,000 years, but experts caution that an eruption is inevitable. If it were to erupt, the consequences ...

The pedestrian bridge — which start from the Foothills Trail and ends near Rocky Road Northeast over SR 162 — is designed to help pedestrians evacuate the town when Mount Rainier erupts. When the ...

MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. — When Hanford McCloud looks at the towering volcano that is the namesake of Mount Rainier National Park ...

Mount Rainier was named after Admiral Peter Rainier in 1792 by English explorer George Vancouver, who sighted the enormous 14,410-foot volcanic peak while exploring Puget Sound.

Mount Rainier National Park Standing 14,410 feet ... second only to Denali and other mountains in Alaska. The mountain's volcanic nature and changing weather conditions add to its complexity.

When the volcano does erupt ... “It takes time to build a bridge and we can’t do it if Mount Rainier starts getting unsettled. This needs to be part of the long-term plan of the City of ...