Alma Wagen – 1st climbing guide on Mt Rainier

Celebrating girls and women in the outdoors on #InternationalWomansDay.

Alma Wagen was the first female guide to work in Mount Rainier National Park. The bulk of her work as a guide consisted of leading tourists on hikes to nearby glaciers, but she occasionally assisted in leading parties to the mountain’s summit, which she was said to have done “like a master”. …

#InternationalWomansDay #RainierWomen In 1918, Alma Wagen became the first female mtn guide in N. America on Mount Rainier. She once stated "I…found my life’s work right in the National Parks. There were places to climb and I wanted to teach other women the joy of climbing.”-pw pic.twitter.com/aFqUfLXcH1

— MountRainierNPS (@MountRainierNPS) March 8, 2019