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> Mount Rainier, originally known as Tahoma, is the tallest volcano in the Cascade Range and the 2nd tallest mountain in the continental United States at 14,411
by rantwasp 6y ago
> Mount Rainier, originally known as Tahoma, is the tallest volcano in the Cascade Range and the 2nd tallest mountain in the continental United States at 14,411 feet.
Yeah, it's not the 2nd tallest mountain in the continental US. There are a bunch of mountains in Colorado that are taller and the tallest one is in California
Mount Whitney 14,494 feet
Mount Elbert 14,433 feet
Mount Massive 14,421 feet
Mount Harvard of Colorado 14,420 feet
Mount Rainier 14,410 feet
- mparr4 6y agoYou're absolutely correct. That's what I get for going off memory. Updating now.
- rantwasp 6y agojust doing my job (ie correcting random people on the internet) :))
- mtnGoat 6y agoyou are right, but some of us(climbers) don't count those due to Prominence issues. :) Otherwise tall ridgelines could have dozens of points littering up the lists. I'm always amazed at how many different ways we can count mountains.
- lukeschlather 6y agoBy prominence it is the second tallest in the continental US.