Elevation

14,411 ft / 4,392 m

#1 in Washington

#30 in United States

Prominence

13,246 ft / 4,037 m

Summits

284 summits

#2 in Washington

#67 in United States

Top climbing months

July   35%

June   25%

August   16%

Most climbed route

Disappointment Cleaver (1-way)

7.5 mi • 8,967 ft gain • Class 3

Highlights

  • Most prominent mountain in the contiguous US (prominence is greater than K2!) and the 21st most prominent mountain in the world
  • It's alive! Huge, active stratovolcano with 2 craters on top, last eruption 1894
  • 26 major glaciers, it’s the most heavily glaciated peak in lower 48 states
  • Mount Rainier is the highest point of its namesake Mount Rainier National Park and utterly dominates everything around.
  • Thousands attempt to summit each year but only about half of attempts succeed mostly due to weather or conditioning.
  • A view of "The Mountain" has been shown to boost real estate prices in Seattle area by 5%.
116 summits • 7.5 mi • 8,967 ft gain • 18 hr 40 min • Class 3
33 summits • 8.2 mi • 10,047 ft gain • 18 hr 0 min
21 summits • 19.0 mi • 6,949 ft gain • 28 hr 6 min
4 summits • 5.9 mi • 4,838 ft gain • 11 hr 50 min
1 summit • 18.4 mi • 9,765 ft gain • 30 hr 15 min
1 summit • 11.9 mi • 3,989 ft gain • 10 hr 17 min
1 summit • 13.8 mi • 8,814 ft gain • 25 hr 53 min

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