The Wonderland Trail is a 150 Km (94 Mile) trail that circumnavigates Mt Rainier in Washington State. Estimated total elevation climb/descent is 6,730 meters or 22,000 feet. Average climb/hiking distance is 45 m/Km or 234 ft/mile.
Wonderland Trail Day 9
August 19, 2013 Daily Mileage 10.6 miles Total Mileage 92.8 Last day on the trail. We managed to pack too much food, so our packs were heavier than necessary. We were first out of camp and hit a good groove right away. The sunrise into the mountain was spectacular. We dropped down to the terminus…
Wonderland Trail Day 8
August 18, 2013 Daily Mileage 11.4 miles Total Mileage 82.2 miles Once again, we got away from camp early and started the trek up to Spray Park. The sunrise through the trees was really cool, but hard to capture on film. Once we broke out of the trees the views were stunning. Rainier had a…
Wonderland Trail Day 7
August 17, 2013 Daily Mileage 12.0 miles Total Mileage 70.8 miles Only one big climb today, so it was more of a relaxed feel to it. We were away from Golden Lakes fairly early and it was back into the forest pretty much right away. Yet another seemingly endless drop down to the Mowich River…
Wonderland Trail Day 6
August 16, 2013 Daily Mileage 5.0 miles Total Mileage 58.8 miles Today was our holiday within a holiday. Only 5 miles (most of it uphill, but we are getting used to uphill) to Golden Lakes. North Puyallup campground was located on a old abandoned road and we followed remnants of this road for a bit,…
Wonderland Trail Day 5
August 15, 2013 Daily Mileage 14.6 miles Total Mileage 53.8 miles It would be one of the longest and toughest days on the hike, we would have to hike up to three passes and it was the one day that it rained. We got going at a reasonable hour and got back up to the…
Wonderland Trail Day 4
August 14, 2013 Daily Mileage 15.9 miles Total Mileage 39.2 miles We got up very early because we had to be in Longmire before the Ranger station closed to pick up our food cache. We had driven kind of parallel to this section of the trail on the first day, and I had been a…
Wonderland Trail Day 3
August 13, 2013 Daily Mileage 10.0 miles Total Mileage 23.3 miles We took a somewhat leisurely approach to the morning. I had to find the outhouse, and after I had to insist on taking my son up to see it. Yes, it was out, but there was no house. A simple wood seat over the…
Wonderland Trail Day 2
August 12, 2013 Daily Mileage 13.3 miles Total Mileage 13.3 miles We got up early and the sun was out. Great start to what would turn out to be a great hike. The trail traversed along below the Sunrise Lodge area for about a mile. Because we were out early, we did not see any…
Wonderland Trail Day 1
August 11, 2013 Daily Mileage 0 miles Total Mileage 0 miles We got up late and frittered time away as we were really in no hurry. Our itinerary had us camping at Sunrise campsite which is a stones throw away from the parking lot. After a leisurely breakfast, we packed up and drove over towards…
Wonderland Trail Pre-Hike
My son (14) and I had decided to hike the Wonderland this summer after having tackled the West Coast Trail and the Juan de Fuca Trail the past two summers. We headed out from our home on Vancouver Island, and intrepid explorers that we are, left all form of navigation behind. Who needs maps and…
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