Day 8 of my Wonderland Trail trip, from Paradise Creek past Reflection Lakes and Box Canyon to Nickel Creek camp. miasma – noun. a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor. I woke up dry, under a dry tarp. I should have skipped it. But an ounce of prevention, etc. etc. The first part of the…
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Wonderland Trail – Paradise Creek via Longmire
Day 7 of my Wonderland Trail hike. Paradise Creek via Longmire and a hitchhike detour to Nisqually Glacier. Today was a weird day, I started alone in the woods, got to eat real food, hitched up the mountain to a resort, got a bit lost, and ended the day hiking backwards down the trail….
Wonderland Trail – Sunrise Camp to Mystic Camp
Sunrise to Mystic Camp First full day of hiking on the Wonderland Trail. Up at around 6:30 when it got light, and had a leisurely breakfast of PB on a bagel. I had about 10 miles to go, and it was looking good – a small climb up, some flat, a long climb down, and…
Wonderland Trail
First of several posts about my 2021 trip on the Wonderland Trail, this has the overview of the trail and some planning information. Some links to things I found useful are included, if you want to pick up a map of the park, please use the links below, it will give me a few pennies…
Long Trail Gear List and Resources
Enough people have asked me about my Long Trail gear list so I thought I would post it. It’s similar, almost identical, to my PCT Gear List, with my Borah Gear tarp replacing my trusty Big Agness FlyCreek. I hiked in September, so I had to be prepared for chilly weather, which was in abundance,…