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trips - The Wonderland Trail

Trip Info

Dates: 8/1 - 9/10/08
Trip Organizer: precision
Location: Mount Rainier National Park

Number of Attendees: (view all)
1 yes
5 maybe

Washington
Washington Books
Washington Parks

 

Description


We'll go from Longmire around back to Longmire. The hike is always a challenging, vigourous, and wounderous hike - climbing and going down through deep valleys with roaring water and some beatiful ridgelines, like Emerald Ridge. The trail is often steep and measures most often from 2.5-6k feet. 2-3k + feet of elevation gain or loss is common, sometimes a couple of times a day. Ideally, I want to do this hike inside of 11 days. From experience, I know that everyone should prepare to hike light, and for that means of hiking there are ways to cache food too. I want a party of about 4-6 hikers. The camp sites are based on scheduled reservations, and some sites have shelters, like at Mowich. There's plenty of water.


http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/the-wonderland-trail.htm

6 May, 2008:
I'll be checking the available dates to hike in the next few days. Check the dates thread. The longer you wait to commit, the harder it is to secure dates and sites.

 

= Yes, = Maybe

Trip Attendees

precision AmyG saabiar
sirpete crash bang paige

 

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Threads

Thread Name # Messages # Views Last Post
Wonderland Trip's best dates for you2753:40 AM
5/7/08
created by: precision on 5/6/08
New Thread, Please63736:58 PM
3/25/08
created by: MarkO on 2/25/07
2008 Trip Plans22214:15 PM
2/12/08
created by: croft on 2/12/08
Transportation to the Mountain26062:53 PM
9/1/07
created by: precision on 3/22/07
Trail Conditions63622:42 PM
8/29/07
created by: precision on 3/24/07
Discussion Area2579111:18 AM
2/23/07
created by: precision on 6/18/06
Noew Thread, Please0245
12/31/69
created by: MarkO on 2/25/07

 

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