At 1.2 miles, the trail scales a rock face on a crib ladder. This safe passage was constructed by WTA and other trail crews, after a slide forced a trail closure in 2012. Continue 0.4 mile to where you meet a tributary coming from the right. A sign reads “Comet Falls 200 feet”.
http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/comet-falls
Follow a tumbling, churning, whitewater creek upstream as it thunders through a narrow gorge of glacier-polished rock on your way to a waterfall that drops 301 feet in a single plunge. Admire numerous small waterfalls and cascades and two significant ones, all in less than two miles. This is the Comet Falls trail. From the parking lot, elevation 3650 feet, start out on the smooth wide trail flanked by trees young and old. In 0.3 mile, encounter a stout bridge over Van Trump Creek.
http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/comet-falls
Mount Rainier is the highest mountain in Washington and the Cascade Range. This peak is located just east of Eatonville and just southeast of Seattle and Tacoma. Mount Rainier is ranked third of the 128 ultra-prominent mountain peaks of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier
and Little Tahoma. Mount Rainier, at 14,411 feet, is the loftiest of the Cascade peaks. It is located southeast of Seattle and/or Tacoma. The Indian name of the mountain is Tahoma or Tacoma; Rainier comes from a sailor on some ship or other. I feel that Tacoma is a more worthy name.
http://www.dlmark.net/crainier.htm
Enter the park from the west entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, 13.5 miles east of Elbe on State Route 706. Drive 10.2 miles to the Comet Falls Trailhead parking lot on the left.
http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/comet-falls
As Mt. Rainier's definitive summer climb, RMI's Four Day Summit Climb is the classic adventure for anyone interested in or involved in mountaineering. Focusing on team building and training, the first two days prepare us for our climb with an afternoon orientation and a Mountaineering Day School.
https://www.rmiguides.com/mt-rainier/4-day-summit-climb
The mesmerizing sight of a never-ending column of water. The beauty and power in the roar of the falls. Because Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the lower 48 states, the park alone is home to over 150 waterfalls, many over 300 feet in height. The 25 active glaciers also power a similar density of waterfalls outside the park boundaries.
https://visitrainier.com/places-and-attractions/waterfalls/
The undisputed classic climb of Mt. Rainier. If there is one standout program to get you to the top of Mt. Rainier, this is it. It is the best introduction to mountaineering anywhere in the lower 48 states. An afternoon orientation and one full day of mountaineering training to prepare for the climb.
https://www.rmiguides.com/mt-rainier/4-day-summit-climb
In those days, the maps and geography books said Mount Rainier was 14,408 feet high. I don't know if the mountain has grown 2 feet in elevation, or if measurements are just more accurate now.
http://www.dlmark.net/crainier.htm
An Icon on the Horizon. Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning six major rivers. Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano while ancient forest cloaks Mount Rainier’s lower slopes. Wildlife abounds in the park’s ecosystems.
https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm
how tall is mount rainier
Mount Rainier is 14,408 feet tall.