Watch HDToday. There are places that loom large in the human spirit, special places that command our attention and draw us closer to them. Over two and a half miles in elevation, Mount Rainier is filled with extremes so massive and dominating that the mountain changes everything it touches. Whether we sense it during moments of quiet contemplation or witness its violent fury; we feel the mountain's power to change everything around it. Enter a world where colossal forces shape the landscape and fire the imagination, enter the world of Mount Rainier.