In September 2024, Eric Gilbertson arrived at Mount Rainier with a grant from the American Alpine Club and a simple mission — to find out if the summit was still where everyone thought. Gilbertson, an ...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Search crews on Mount Rainier found and recovered the remains of a man matching the description of an 80-year-old solo climber that was reported missing last week, ...

Eric Gilbertson climbed Crestone Peak carrying loads of geological survey equipment to measure the summit's true elevations.

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.

A 41-year-old Bremerton man died this week on a guided climb of Mount Rainier, according to the National Park Service. Officials said he collapsed near the summit Wednesday morning. The man was ...

“I went up there on August 28 the first time and I measured Columbia Crest and the southwest rim and I found that Columbia Crest has melted about 22 feet since the last ground survey in 1998 and it’s ...

Imagine climbing 9,000-plus feet up, across glaciers, deep crevasses and unstable rocks – all in weather that can change in an instant – to reach the peak of your state’s tallest mountain. Now picture ...

Rose Vanderhoof, 78, became the oldest woman to summit Washington’s Mount Rainier on July 10. Courtesy of Rose Vanderhoof A 78-year-old woman climbed the tallest mountain in Washington by “taking one ...

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.

A 78-year-old woman climbed the tallest mountain in Washington by “taking one step at a time.” Rose Vanderhoof’s July 10 feat made her the oldest woman to summit Mount Rainier, beating Bronka ...