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Backpacking the Red Peak Pass Loop in Yosemite National Park

October 20, 2019 By Greg Glass 2 Comments

Backpacking the Red Peak Pass Loop in Yosemite

Yosemite National Park features some of the most beautiful backcountry in all of the Sierra Nevada.  Surprisingly, however, most people stick to a few main trails – namely the John Muir Trail between Yosemite Valley – Tuolumne Meadows – Donahue Pass and the High Sierra Camp trails leading to Merced Lake – Vogelsang – Sunrise.  […]

Filed Under: Backpacking, Trail Guides Tagged With: Backpacking, Red Peak Pass, strenuous, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park

Wonderland Trail Day 13: Maple Creek to Longmire

August 17, 2019 By Jeff H 1 Comment

Foggy Morning at Reflection Lake on the Wonderland Trail

Our final day required a four-mile climb out of Stevens Canyon, a stop at Reflection Lakes, the descending almost exactly the elevation we climbed to the Nisqually River and the Cougar Rock Picnic Area to complete our loop on the Wonderland Trail. This final section of our Wonderland Trail trek began foggy and damp. It […]

Filed Under: Trail Guides, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, Mount Rainier National Park, strenuous, thru-hike, Washington, Wonderland Trail

Wonderland Trail Day 12: Indian Bar to Maple Creek

August 16, 2019 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

Headed up Cowlitz Divide

Day 12 would start with a foggy climb with no views, then take us plummeting downward 3,805 feet to camp at Maple Creek, our final campsite for the trip. Before we headed out, we took one more look at the ravine at Indian Bar, then started the climb up to Cowlitz Divide. The divide begins […]

Filed Under: Trail Guides, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, Mount Rainier National Park, strenuous, Thru-hiking, Washington, Wonderland Trail

Wonderland Trail Day 11: Summerland to Indian Bar

August 15, 2019 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

View south from Panhandle Gap on the Wonderland Trail

Two of the most-wanted camps on the Wonderland Trail are Summerland and Indian Bar. They lie just five miles apart. And our itinerary included both of them. The sunrise from our camp at Summerland was a spectacular send off for the day. We’d be climbing 874′ to the highest point on the Wonderland Trail: 6,750′ […]

Filed Under: Trail Guides, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, Mount Rainier National Park, strenuous, Washington, Wonderland Trail

Wonderland Trail Day 10: Sunrise to Summerland

August 14, 2019 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

View of Rainier as we descend to White River

For Day 10 on the Wonderland Trail, we returned to double-digit mileage after three short days. Our legs were well rested, and we were looking forward to seeing Summerland. The trail begins by heading along the rum of the canyon, then turns and drops 2,000 feet in two miles to White River Campground. There is […]

Filed Under: Trail Guides, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, Mount Rainier National Park, strenuous, Thru-hiking, Washington, Wonderland Trail

Wonderland Trail Day 9: Granite Creek to Sunrise

August 13, 2019 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

Mount Rainier from Berkeley Park

Day 9 on the Wonderland Trail was our final low mileage day. We would be hiking over scenic Skyscraper Pass, through wildflower-laden Berkeley Park and down to our destination: Sunrise Camp.  Sunrise Camp is about a mile from the Sunrise Information Center, a grill that serves cheeseburgers, a small market, and our final resupply point. We […]

Filed Under: Trail Guides, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, Mount Rainier National Park, strenuous, Thru-hiking, Washington, Wonderland Trail

Wonderland Trail Day 6: Eagle’s Roost to Dick Creek

August 10, 2019 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

Spray Park alternate on the Wonderland Trail

On Day 6 of our Wonderland Trail trek, we continued our hike on the more scenic alternate route through Spray Park. Spray Park is 0.7 miles shorter than the actual Wonderland Trail over Ipsut Pass, but it climbs higher on the slopes of Mount Rainier and is generally considered more scenic, rising above the timberline […]

Filed Under: Trail Guides, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, Carbon River, Dick Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Spray Park, strenuous, Washington, Wonderland Trail

Wonderland Trail Day 5: South Mowich River to Eagle’s Roost

August 9, 2019 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

Derek and Jason headed to Mowich Lake

Our fifth day on the Wonderland Trail meant our first resupply at Mowich Lake! With nearly 3,000 feet of climbing, this was Leg Day. Well, pretty much every day on the Wonderland Trail is leg day, but this was mostly up, up and more up. That’s what you do on a thru-hike. Sleep, eat, hike […]

Filed Under: Trail Guides, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, Carbon River, Dick Creek, Eagles Roost, Mount Rainier National Park, Spray Park, strenuous, Washington, Wonderland Trail

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