This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Washington’s Mount Rainier boasts the largest collection of glaciers on a single peak in the contiguous United States.

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal system in 1899, shortly after its last eruption. Park status was the culmination of a long campaign by John ...

Since 1899, Mount Rainier National Park, an enormous tract of 235,625 wild acres, has welcomed climbers, hikers, adventurers ...

Washington State Department of Transportation closed State Route 165 Carbon River Fairfax Bridge after finding deterioration ...