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MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — A climber is in the hospital after being rescued from a crevasse on Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier National Park officials say three people climbed the mountain on Saturday and were descending on skis and snowboards when a 24-year-old female fell about 100 feet (30 meters) into a crevasse on the Emmons Glacier on the mountain's east side at an elevation of a

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials plan to upgrade a volcanic mudflow warning system for Mount Rainier. Scientists say the upgrades could detect trouble sooner and give southeastern Puget Sound residents more time to evacuate. Scott Heinze of Pierce County's emergency-management department tells the Seattle Times in a story on Monday that projections show up to 500 million cubic meters of debris could break

MOUNT RAINER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Two climbers used skills, smarts and a shovel to survive two days of blizzard conditions near the summit of Mount Rainier. The News Tribune reports the men found themselves trapped on June 17 when the weather took and sudden and dramatic turn for the worse...

SEATTLE (AP) — A couple trying to visit all 59 national parks in one year is in Washington this week. They are planning to visit through 40th, 41st and 42nd parks: visiting Mount Rainier, North Cascades and Olympic national parks. KING-TV reports Cole and Elizabeth Donelson started planning and saving for their adventure about two years ago...

SEATTLE (AP) — Crews have recovered the body of a Norwegian climber caught in a storm on Washington's Mount Rainier over the weekend. Mount Rainier National Park officials say four rangers climbed to the unresponsive man at 10,600 feet Wednesday and worked with a helicopter crew to recover his body. ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A weasel-like predator that disappeared from Washington state decades ago will soon be reintroduced to the Cascade Mountains. Wildlife officials are preparing to re-establish fishers into Mount Rainier and North Cascades national parks and surrounding areas over the next several years...

TACOMA (AP) — The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office says it has confirmed the identity of a snowshoer killed in a severe storm on Mount Rainier over the weekend. The man was identified Tuesday as 37-year-old Louis Landry of Puyallup...