Authorities have recovered the bodies of two climbers who died near Wilson Glacier in Mount Rainier National Park.

Mount Rainier has lost glaciers due to the warming climate. Glacier melt threatens rivers, salmon habitats and hydropower across Washington state. South-facing glaciers without high-elevation ...

Emergency contacts reported that the climbers had not been in contact since Jan. 17.

Re: “Here’s when Mount Rainier National Park will be open this winter” (Nov. 1, Outdoors): Once again winter access to Mount Rainier has been reduced to four days a week. By closing the gate at ...

USGS scientist Carolyn Driedger, right, and Mount Rainier National Park ranger Scott Beason frame the terminus of the Nisqually Glacier during a training session for seasonal rangers at the park on ...