ocr: - - - mst - MOUNT RAINIER Altitude 14,410 1o EE EVERGRHEN STA This monarch of the Cascade Rangehas been called the Great Pyramid of the United States. No other mountain on the continent exceeds Rainier in bulk of rock masses, number of glaciers (26 active) and extent of base. Nearly all of Mt. Rainier National Park's 337 square miles belong to the mighty mountain. Geologists believe the original peak lost 2.000 feet in a volcanic blast, creating a crater three miles square. Three cinder cones grew together surrounding the crater rim, Co- lumbia Crestthe central snowy dome, Point Success to the ...
