The large amount of glacial ice means that Mount Rainier could produce massive lahars that could threaten the entire Puyallup River valley.
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18 Facts About Mount Rainier
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Mount Rainier was first known by the local Salishan speakers as Talol, Tacoma, or Tahoma.
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Mount Rainier is the tallest mountain in Washington and the Cascade Range.
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Mount Rainier is ranked third of the 128 ultra-prominent mountain peaks of the United States.
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Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc that consists of lava flows, debris flows, and pyroclastic ejecta and flows.
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Soils on Mount Rainier are mostly gravelly ashy sandy loams developed from colluvium or glacial till mixed with volcanic tephra.
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Mount Rainier is listed as a Decade Volcano, or one of the 16 volcanoes with the greatest likelihood of causing loss of life and property if eruptive activity resumes.
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Lahars from Mount Rainier pose the most risk to life and property, as many communities lie atop older lahar deposits.
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Mount Rainier is capable of producing pyroclastic flows and expelling lava.
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Mount Rainier has had several such swarms; there were days-long swarms in 2002, 2004, and 2007, two of which included M 3.
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Glaciers on Mount Rainier can generate mudflows, through glacial outburst floods not associated with any eruption.
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Mount Rainier appears on four distinct United States postage stamp issues.
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Mountain climbing on Mount Rainier is difficult, involving traversing the largest glaciers in the U S south of Alaska.
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All climbing routes on Mount Rainier require climbers to possess some level of technical climbing skill.
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Normal route to the summit of Mount Rainier is the Disappointment Cleaver Route, YDS grade II-III.
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Mount Rainier's protected status as a national park protects its primeval Cascade ecosystem, providing a stable habitat for many species in the region, including endemic flora and fauna that are unique to the area, such as the Cascade red fox and Mount Rainier lousewort.
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Mount Rainier has regularly been described as one of the best places in the world to view wildflowers.
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