Mount Rainier, 14,411 feet
Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Cascade Range, western Washington
40 miles southeast of Tacoma
Latitude 46 degrees, 51 minutes North; longitude 121 degrees, 46 minutes
West
Training Ground
This (slightly) dormant volcano is a much beloved symbol of the Pacific
Northwest as it towers over Seattle and Tacoma. You must register and it
is very advisable that you go up with a trained guide.
Rainier and Cascades Photos
- Great site by Dave Bassett, a must see. (It's where I got that picture
of Rainier at the top of this page!)
USGS
Volcanic Information - Eruptive History, Hazards, Volcanic Hazards,
Maps, Charts, etc. Miscellaneous images of Mt. Rainier. Abstracts, Publications,
and Fact Sheets.
SkiWorld
Crystal Mountain -
National Park
Service Northwest Region - The Park doesn't have an official net home
yet, but when it does, you will find it on this list.
Get Outside!
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Trip Report -
Below
Cost Timber Fact Sheet- The Wilderness Society's factsheet -- with
photo of Rainier
The Pacific Northwest
Trail -
Christian's Rainier
Trip Report - Great photos!
Washington State X/C Skiing
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Savvy
Search for Rainier -
Other Cool Info Alleys:
Washington Information
Weather Forecasts
- The UIUC Gopher
USGS Fact Sheet-
Geological Information
Shaded Relief Map
- Cool
Yahoo
State Links- Yahoo's links to statewide resources.
Books
& Maps- A list of related state books and maps you can buy from
Adventure Traveler
Citylink- Another good source
for state info.
City.Net
- Still another good source for state info.
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Index Mapand 1
Degree DEM by stateYou need a graphical browser to click on the USGS
quadrangles (1-2 Meg Compressed/8 Megs Uncompressed) maps. -- Interesting
for overview but not useful for trail information. Requires gz uncompress
program. (Macintosh note: Unstuffit will work with gz compression, just
rename the extension ".zip" and drop on Stuffit Expander.)
