[MORA-NPS] -- Visiting Mount Rainier [MORA] Tips

[MORA] -- Visiting Mount Rainier [MORA] Tips

If you got the Travel Bug to visit Mount Rainier (MORA) 

-- our very own local "Most Dangerous Volcano in the Lower 48 States" --

then here is the BEST mile-by-mile Road Guide written by Patrick T. Pringle:

Information Circular 107:
Roadside Geology of Mount Rainier National Park and Vicinity

 (note: Link updated 2015-09-03)

(free PDF publications (See below) or see Interactive Map)
Favorite Route of the Netsters (September, 2013):  Mowich Lake (see Leg K) 

Watch Professor Pringle discuss the Roadside guide on CWU's Central Rocks program: 

Pat Pringle on Central WA University's Central Rocks Show Show 16: "Field Work in the Cascades" Centralia College professor Pat Pringle visits Ellensburg to chat about his field career in the Cascade Range. Pat discusses his early efforts in the decade following   the 1980 Mt St Helens eruption, his work in Mt Rainier National Park, and his time with the Cascade Volcano Obervatory.  Taped on May 29, 2009.

[MORA-Cams] It's Summer at Mount Rainier -- Webcam PageLWA]

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Chapters Section (PDF) size The Whole Book 316 Mbytes Introduction 23.6 Mbytes Geologic History & Setting, Part 1 14.3 Mbytes Geologic History & Setting, Part 2 15.1 Mbytes Road Trip Guides Section (PDF) size Map of Trips - Map with each leg listed below   3.3 Mbytes Leg A - Tacoma to Paradise Via State Routes 7 & 706 44.7 Mbytes Leg B - Paradise to Ohanopecosh via Stevens Canyon 14.8 Mbytes Leg C - Southern Transect, I-5 to State Route 123 & Highway 12 23.2 Mbytes Leg D - Northern Approach, Highway 410 to Cayuse Pass 16.2 Mbytes Leg E - Sunrise Road from Highway 410   2.8 Mbytes Leg F - Eastern Approach, Highway 410 to Cayuse Pass 42.8 Mbytes Leg G - State Route 123 Cayuse Pass to Highway 12 11.9 Mbytes Leg H - Across Cascades at White Pass 30.4 Mbytes Leg  I - Alternate Southern Route, State Routes 508 & 7   8.6 Mbytes Leg J - Northwestern Approach, Highway 162   6.4 Mbytes Leg K - Mowich Lake Road 14.5 Mbytes Leg L - Carbon River Road   7.7 Mbytes Leg M - Westside Road to road end over Round Pass   6.0 Mbytes Leg N - Alternate Western Approach, State Routes 507 & 702 14.3 Mbytes Leg O - Bumping Lake Road from State Route 410   7.3 Mbytes Chapters Section (PDF) size References & Information   3.0 Mbytes

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[links checked 2015-03-20 K7LWA]

[links checked 2015-09-02 K7LWA]

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