The mountain is out and it tells cold deadly tales

In South King County, it’s popular for people to drive up to the mountains to enjoy a day in the snow, either for skiing, snowboarding, sledding, snowshoeing, taking a walk in nature or even just mountaineering — and what better place to visit than Mt. Rainier National Park?

Well, according to data released by the National Park Service, Mount Rainier is actually the second deadliest National Park in the country, coming up behind Sequoia and King Canyon National Parks in California.

Just southeast of the Puget Sound and covering 369.43 square miles, Mount Rainier is one of the oldest National Parks in the country with around 2 million visitors

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