Mount Rainier
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CFTC chief Gary Gensler is out to police financial Wild WestSince 2007, he and his oldest daughter have gone on annual mountain-climbing expeditions to Mount Kilimanjaro, the Swiss Alps and Mount Rainier. His biggest rival is also his biggest fan, Robert. For years, Robert considered himself a... In this article: Gary Gensler, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Robert Rubin, Treasury Department, Derivative, Goldman Sachs, Financial crisis, and Hillary Clinton |
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Seattle Times | 16 hours ago
Snow piles up on Cascade slopes
...Snoqualmie Pass over the past 24 hours. Farther south, Crystal Mountain had about 13 inches of snow, he said, while Paradise, on the slopes of Mount Rainier, received 16 inches. To the north, 4 to 6 inches fell at Stevens Pass while about 7...
In this article: Seattle, Creme brulee, National Weather Service, Green River, and Mount Baker
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MailTribune.com | 17 hours ago
Seismograph tracks our moving earth
...are still active volcanoes, although there have been few significant eruptions in modern times. Scientists keep a keen eye on Mount Shasta, Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens because of their proximity to large cities or their recent...
In this article: Southern Oregon University, Newberry Crater, Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood, and Oregon
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The News Tribune | 5 days ago
Basketball preview: Narrows League girls
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Mended arm, amended game
...sophomore season of high school basketball ended prematurely. It was January 7, 2009, and the Lincoln Abes were playing at rival Mount Tahoma. Late in the first quarter, Coley took a pass following a Jordan Russell steal and headed for the...
In this article: Mount Tahoma and Seattle University
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Unearthing secrets of the ancient Cascades
...TRIBUNE Ben Diaz screens dirt for chip stone tool remains as Jacqueline Chung records data at the Buck Lake archaeological project on Mount Rainier. Beside them is one of the excavation pits where the team has found ample evidence that...
In this article: Mount Mazama, Pacific Lutheran University, Mount St. Helens, Oregon, and Mountain Beaver
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Williams, Skyline score early, often in 63-14 win over South Kitsap
...in the second-ranked Spartans 63-14 win over No. 6 South Kitsap in the first round of the Class 4A football state playoffs Saturday at Mount Tahoma. Everything was working our way said Williams, whose father Aaron was a star receiver at...
In this article: Spartans, BYU, Wilson High School, and Vikings
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Saturday's detailed prep swimming results
...Way FINALS 200 medley relay - 1, Mercer Island (Grace Wold, Lauren Poli, Madeleine Chandless, Stephanie Hammond) 1:50.11; 2, Mount Rainier (Courtney Larson, Mackenzie Marrs, Molly Larson, Sonny Dorhofer) 1:52.07; 3, Kennedy (Emily...
In this article: Mercer Island and Aberdeen
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Prediction time: state girls soccer, quarterfinal round
...the trend will continue tonight as Kamiakin advances. No. 9. Kentwood (15-0-4) at No. 5 South Kitsap (14-0-3), Saturday, 3 p.m. at Mount Tahoma This is the hardest 4A game for me to pick. Both teams are unbeaten and have posted great...
In this article: Mount Tahoma and Glacier Peak
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washingtonpost.com | November 04, 2009
Mount Rainier plans parking lot in formerly troubled spot
Plans to open a commuter parking lot in Mount Rainier within six months are rekindling concerns that the vacant parcel, now fenced off, could attract crime. The city bought the property, at 3208 Rhode Island Ave., last year after waiting...
In this article: Revenue, Rhode Island Avenue, and Bankruptcy
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Swimmers pool their support for Mount Rainier facility
...there a measure before Normandy Park voters, also labeled Proposition 1, that would contribute toward the Mount Rainier Pool. The Mount Rainier Pool was built in 1975 through funds from a long-term King County tax plan established in...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Mount Rainier is an active
stratovolcano (also known as a composite volcano) in Pierce County, Washington, located 54 mi southeast of Seattle. It towers over the Cascade Range as the most prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and Cascade Volcanic Arc at 14411 ft.
The mountain and the surrounding area are protected within Mount Rainier National Park. With 26 major glaciers and of permanent snowfields and glaciers, Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states. The summit is topped by two volcanic craters, each over 1000 ft in diameter with the larger east crater overlapping the west crater. Geothermal heat from the volcano keeps areas of both crater rims free of snow and ice, and has formed the world's largest volcanic glacier cave network within the ice-filled craters. A small crater lake about 130 by in size and 16 ft deep, the highest in North America with a surface elevation of 14203 ft, occupies the lowest portion of the west crater below more than 100 ft of ice and is accessible only via the caves. Mount Rainier has a topographic prominence of 13210 ft, greater than that of K2 (13189 ft).
On clear days it dominates the southeastern horizon in most of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area to such an extent that residents sometimes refer to it simply as "the Mountain."
On days of exceptional clarity, it can also be seen from as far away as Portland, Oregon, and Victoria, British Columbia.
- Name:
- Mount Rainier
- Type:
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation:
- 14411 ft
- Part of:
- Cascade Range
- Last Eruption:
- 1894
- Easiest Route:
- rock/ice climb via Disappointment Cleaver
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