MOUNT RAINIER 



Mother Mountain. An extensive ridge in the northwestern 

 portion of the Park. The name came from the figure of a woman in 

 the rock on the northeastern summit of the ridge clearly seen sil- 

 houetted against the sky by those traveling on the Carbon River 

 trail. Elevation, 6,540 feet above sea level. 



Mount Ararat. On the southwest slope, overlooking Indian 

 Henrys Hunting Ground. Ben Longmire writes : " I named it 

 because I found there some long slabs of wood that had turned to 

 stone and I thought they might have been part of old Noah's boat. 

 I also found a stump with a ring around it as if his rope might have 

 been tied there. It was all stone." Elevation, 5,996 feet above 

 sea level. 



Mount Fremont. In the northern portion of the Park at the 

 western extremity of Sourdough Mountains. The origin of the 

 name has not been ascertained. Elevation, 7,300 feet above sea 

 level. 



Mount Pleasant In the northwestern portion of the Park, 

 overlooking Mist and Spray Parks. 



Mount Rainier. Named for Admiral Peter Rainier of the 

 British Navy by Captain George Vancouver in 1792. For his own 

 account of the discovery and naming of the mountain, see Chapter I 

 of this book. Elevation, 14,408 feet above sea level. 



Mount Ruth. On the northeastern slope of the mountain, over- 

 looking the Inter and Emmons Glaciers. The name was given 

 in honor of Ruth Knapp, daughter of the prospector who built 

 " Knapp's Cabin," a landmark for tourists in the Glacier Basin 

 region. Elevation, 8,700 feet above sea level. 



Mount Wow. In the southwestern corner of the Park. It is 

 sometimes called Goat Mountain. Elevation, 6,045 ^ eet above sea 

 level. 



Mountain Meadows. In the northwestern corner of the Park. 

 The name originated with Bailey Willis in 1883. Elevation, 4,000 

 feet above sea level. 



Mowich Glaciers. On the western and northwestern slopes 

 of the mountain are two beautiful glaciers known as North and 

 South Mowich. The name is from the Chinook jargon, meaning 

 " deer." Who first suggested the name has not been ascertained. 

 Each glacier has its draining stream. These flow together, making 

 Mowich River, which crosses the northwestern boundary of the 

 Park. North Mowich was once called Willis Glacier and South 

 Mowich was called Edmunds Glacier. 



Muddy Fork. On the southeastern slope of the mountain. 

 One of several sources of the Cowlitz River, it drains from the foot 

 of the large Cowlitz Glacier. 



Myrtle Falls. On the southern slope in Edith Creek, atribu- 



