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Backpacking the Wonderland Trail

April 8, 2020 By Jeff H 6 Comments

Backpack the Wonderland Trail in Mount Rainier National Park

Backpacking the Wonderland Trail in Mount Rainier National Park is a great way to test the thru-hiking waters to see if it’s for you. Joan and I visited Mount Rainier National Park for the first time in 2018, as we were scouting trails for the Pacific Northwest Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge. We were awestruck by this […]

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

Mushrooms of the Wonderland Trail

April 7, 2020 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

Mushrooms on the Wonderland Trail

I was amazed by the variety of mushrooms I saw on the Wonderland Trail. I know some of them are edible, but I’ve no idea which ones. Click on the gallery to view larger, and leave a comment on a photo if you can help me identify them.

Filed Under: Photos, Wonderland Trail Tagged With: Backpacking, hiking, Mount Rainier National Park, mushrooms, Washington, Wonderland Trail

Planning an Ascent of Mount Rainier

March 14, 2020 By Jeff H 3 Comments

A Glimpse at Mount Rainier

Each year at our Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge Finishers Party, we do an exercise we call Your Next Adventure. We ask everyone to take an index card and a permanent marker and write down their big adventure goals for the year ahead. The simple act of committing it to paper, and sharing it with others is […]

Filed Under: Mount Rainier Resources Tagged With: Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, peakbagging, PNW, strenuous, Washington

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

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