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….
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Wonderland Trail – Pyramid Creek via Mirror Lakes
Day 6 of my Wonderland Trail hike, Pyramid Creek via Mirror Lakes and Devil’s Dream. This was the first of two easy days, and by easy I mean only around 8 miles. Because you have to camp at designated sites, and because I was picking up a maildrop in Longmire Village, I had to time…
Wonderland Trail – South Puyallup River via Klapatche Park
Day 5 of my Wonderland Trail hike, from Golden Lakes Camp to the South Puyallup River camp via Klapatche Park. Another day that started easy, and then a big downhill. There was much debate on the trail how one pronounced the word “Puyallup”. “Poo-ya-loop?” “Puy-allup?” “Poo-la-yoop?” I think “Puy-allup” is closest to the…
Wonderland Trail – to Golden Lakes Camp
Day 4 on the Wonderland Trail, Eagle’s Roost to Golden Lakes Camp. Mowich Lake Someone said it was an easy walk from Eagle’s Roost / Spray Falls down to Mowich Lake. And they were mostly right. I was eager to get going, the prospect of a proper toilet and AC power spurred me on. It…
Wonderland Trail – to Eagle’s Roost Camp via Spray Park
Second full day of hiking the Wonderland Trail, from Mystic Lake Camp to Eagle’s Roost Camp via the Spray Park alternate. Mystic was another camp that felt high, like I was going to start off level and work my way downwards. While not entirely true, it was good to start with that mindset. The…