Mt. Rainier

For those of you readers in the Pacific Northwest you are familiar with "the mountain" but there are tidbits that you might not know, that even I didn't always know!

Things you knew or probably knew:

Mt. Rainier is the tallest mountain in Washington and is 14, 411 feet tall.

It is the tallest mountain in the Cascade range and is protected as a National Park.

It is a volcano! duh
It is on the Washington state quarter

Things you didn't know or probably didn't know:

Mt. Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the lower 48 states (Mt. Baker is #2)

There are 26 major glaciers on Mt. Rainier (not just one big one)

Mt. Rainier is about half the height of K2 (the second tallest mountain in the world at 28,251 feet) but Mt. Rainier has a higher topographic prominence than K2

There are 3 summits on Mt. Rainier: Columbia Crest, Point Success and Success Cleaver (seen in picture below)

Feel free to add tidbits you know that I didn't mention.