Wonderland Trail

"...walk receptive and silent admist the beauties of nature. Wonderful insights would come to me, which I then put into practice in my life."

WE DIDN'T END UP GOING! Chelan Sawtooths instead. I'll keep this album up because we will do it someday!!

To plan my trip, I've been using Green Trails and USGS maps, books like 100 Classic Hikes in Washington by Ira Spring & Harvey Manning (Mountaineer Books) and the official Mount Rainier National Park website. The attached image comes from Spring & Manning's guidebook and shows The Wonderland Trail wiggling up and over mountain passes and through valleys and forests encircling Rainier. The total elevation gain and loss for this trail is 20,000' with a high point of 6750'. You can hike any part of the trail as a day hike, but to camp overnight you must obtain a wilderness camping permit and stay at one of 18 campsites along the way.