{"id":861,"date":"2021-02-01T20:33:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T04:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/?p=861"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:55:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:55:11","slug":"mount-rainier-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/mount-rainier-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Rainier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/09\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/09\/unnamed.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/09\/unnamed-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Peak of Mt. Rainier. Photo: Frederica Bowcutt, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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 five major rivers. Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano while ancient forest cloaks Mount Rainier\u2019s lower slopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/mora\/index.htm\">Mount Rainier Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a.atmos.washington.edu\/data\/rainier_report.html\">Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amphibians_and_reptiles_of_Mount_Rainier_National_Park\">Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Rainier National Park<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/npshistory.com\/publications\/mora\/flora-1922.pdf\">Field Guide to the Flora of Mount Rainier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/bul\/1292\/report.pdf\">Geologic Story of Mount Rainier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d32ogoqmya1dw8.cloudfront.net\/files\/sage2yc\/workshops\/june2017\/geologic_road_guide_mount.pdf\">Roadside Geology of Mount Rainier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lichenportal.org\/cnalh\/checklists\/checklist.php?clid=1100&amp;pid=549\">Lichen Checklist of Mount Rainier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakbagger.com\/peak.aspx?pid=2296\">Subpeaks of Mount Rainier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wildflowersearch.org\/search?oldstate=gmc%3A46.85%2C-121.75%3Bgms%3A12%3Blocation%3AMt.%20Rainier%20National%20Park%2C%20Paradise%3Belev%3A5400%3Btitle%3AMt.%20Rainier%20Wildflowers%3B\">Wildflowers of Mount Rainier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/mount-rainier-national-park\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mount Rainier<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-trip-resources","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/naturalhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}