Mount Rainier

SummitWashington, United States

14,409ftElevation
13,245ftProminence
8Ascents
4Routes
1Trip report

About Mount Rainier

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.

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Planning

It doubles as a volcano, and most of the activity recorded here is hiking.

Traffic peaks in Jul and Jun.

Point forecast from NOAA →

Weather

Today
27°/10°
0.0"
24 mph SSE
Tomorrow
27°/9°
0.0"
16 mph NNW
Mon
41°/13°
0.0"
6 mph N
Tue
45°/21°
0.0"
7 mph NNW

Full forecast → · Forecast by Open-Meteo

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Map

46.8529° N, 121.7604° WOpenStreetMapGoogle Maps

Routes

Trip reports

  • Trip ReportPeaks member · Jun 30, 2021

    First summit of Rainier with RMI! Made it to the crater at around 6:15 and Columbia Crest at 6:45. Weather was a bit better than expected. Slightly colder and windier than forecasted which helped firm up everything abo…