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Little Tahoma

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3 395 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

273 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 919 m

Glacier

A mountain with a glacier on the crests and / or slopes.

About

Little Tahoma Peak, also called Little Tahoma, is a satellite peak of Mount Rainier in Pierce County, Washington and in Mount Rainier National Park. It is quite noticeable from Seattle over 60 miles (97 km) away.

Little Tahoma Peak is a volcanic remnant. It was part of a larger Mount Rainier which has eroded. The rock is quite unstable and in 1963 a large avalanche originating below it covered the lower section of Emmons Glacier with rock debris. The Fryingpan Glacier and Whitman Glacier are located just to the east of the peak.

Little Tahoma Peak can most easily be accessed from Summerland, an alpine meadow area in Mount Rainier National Park. The first recorded ascent was on August 29, 1894, by JB Flett and Henry H. Garrison who climbed from Summerland using the east shoulder.

If considered on its own, Little Tahoma would be the third-highest peak in Washington.

By elevation Little Tahoma is

# 31 out of 4345 in the Cascade Range
# 20 out of 286 in Pierce County
# 20 out of 160 in Mount Rainier National Park
# 25 out of 3673 in Washington

By prominence Little Tahoma is

# 17 out of 286 in Pierce County
# 11 out of 160 in Mount Rainier National Park