For a while, something very close to the Sandy Glacier Caves existed on Mount Rainier, just two miles from the Paradise Lodge. The Paradise Ice Caves were the most popular attraction in Mount ...

Rainier's new (unofficial) high point is rock at least, so it won't be shrinking. At least, not faster than the normal pace ...

A team of scientists explores the mysteries of Mount Rainier’s Ice Caves. Bill Lokey planted his ice axe in the crumbly slope and scanned the cavern with his headlamp. Counting all the ups and downs, ...

Tony Overman toverman@theolympian.com New measurements suggest that Mount Rainier, Washington’s tallest peak, has shrunk. The ...

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 ...

The News Tribune caught a sneak peak of the exhibition ahead of its Saturday, Oct. 19 opening. Photos of Rainier, and ...

WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — A Navy aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier during a routine flight Tuesday afternoon. According to officials from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, the flight ...

This loss of size is likely due to melting ice. “Until recently,” Gilbertson wrote in a blog post, Mount Rainier “was one of the few peaks in the contiguous US with a permanent icecap on the ...

Tony Overman toverman@theolympian.com New measurements suggest that Mount Rainier, Washington’s tallest peak, has shrunk. The reason? Melting ice, likely caused by climate change. The mountain ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte ...