In September 2024, Eric Gilbertson arrived at Mount Rainier with a grant from the American Alpine Club and a simple mission — to find out if the summit was still where everyone thought. Gilbertson, an ...

“I went up there on August 28 the first time and I measured Columbia Crest and the southwest rim and I found that Columbia Crest has melted about 22 feet since the last ground survey in 1998 and it’s ...

Eric Gilbertson climbed Crestone Peak carrying loads of geological survey equipment to measure the summit's true elevations.

The top of Mount Rainier is no longer the top of Mount Rainier. The frozen ice cap on top of Washington’s iconic mountain — recognized for generations as the tippy top — is melting as the atmosphere ...

Discover Washington’s fall beauty near Mount Rainier. Drive scenic byways, hike golden meadows, and explore misty alpine ...

As an avid mountaineer, the CWU Executive Director of Presidential and Executive-Level Events had the once-in-a-lifetime ...

Seattle Seahawks head coach Jim Mora and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will be among the eight local executives guided by mountaineers Ed Viesturs and Peter Whittaker on an ascent of Mount Rainier on ...

Bainbridge-raised mountaineer Garrett Madison has spent most of his life chasing summits. He’s taken on the highest peaks on the planet — from Washington’s highest mountain, Mount Rainier, to the ...

A 3.0 earthquake was detected Wednesday morning in the Mount Rainier area. The low-level earthquake hit about 11:11 a.m. The earthquake was closest to Packwood at about 12 miles away, according to the ...