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 ...

In September 2024, Eric Gilbertson arrived at Mount Rainier ... updating old elevation estimates by taking more exact measurements with modern technology. He wanted to measure Rainier at the ...

To find out more about the original names of Mount Rainier, the Puyallup Tribal Language Department contracted Zalmai Zahir, linguist and Puyallup Tribe language consultant. “I started learning ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

The first sight Zalmai “Zeke” Zahir would see most mornings growing up in Seattle and on the Muckleshoot reservation was the ...

The Puyallup Tribe is working to learn more about the many native names of the mountain now known as Mount Rainier ... my stepfather when I was 11 years old," Zahir said. "He was a Puyallup ...