Highest mountain in the Pacific Northwest. More glaciers than any mountain in the United States outside of Alaska. Glaciers are giant rivers of ice, created when a lot of that falls on the mountain in the winter doesn't melt in the summer. As the years go by, the snow piles up, higher and higher, and freezes into ice that runs slowly down the mountain. The summit of Mt. Rainier Looking down on Little Tahoma Mountaineering is the sport of climbing really big and sometimes dangerous mountains.
Glaciers are one reason why.
If you know what you are doing, Mt. Rainier takes about two days to climb. They trained on Mt. Rainier, in fact, to get ready for Everest. For a fee, RMI will show you how to climb Mt. Rainier and take you to the top. Buses then go from Seattle to Mt. Rainier National Park. If you have camping and hiking equipment with you, it is easiest to take a car.