Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eric Gilbertson and his climbing partner Josh Spitzberg at the new summit of Mount Rainier; (photo/Eric Gilbertson) In September ...

There’s a new king of the mountain. On May 9, mountain guide Simon Kearns stepped onto the asphalt at Paradise in Mount ...

The Fastest Known Time for a there-and-back of Washington's tallest peak is now under four hours.

Sometimes a mountain is measured by more than its height.Take Mount Rainier. Washington State’s highest point is 23 feet lower than Colorado’s high point, 14,433-foot Mount Elbert. But there’s little ...

Four climbers who were stranded near the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington state since Monday were finally rescued by a helicopter crew Thursday, bringing an end to a tortuous ordeal involving cold ...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — A Washington state man who was trying to summit Mount Rainier this week collapsed and died near the top of the mountain in the national park, officials said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who was trying to summit Mount Rainier this week collapsed and ...