Mount Rainier is the grande dame of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, visible from 150 miles in any direction. At 14,410 feet, this glacier-clad volcano is so big that she creates her own weather, yet so approachable that one million-plus visitors arrive each year to ski, hike or bask in the alpine environment.
American Indians viewed Rainier as sacred, and they feared the spirit who lived at her summit. They gave her various names—Tahoma Takhoma or Ta-co-bet. In 1792, Capt. George Vancouve
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