WONDERLAND | An Unexpected Adventure
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- The tale of an early season thru-hike of the Wonderland Trail, with much snow travel and river fording. It's called An Unexpected Adventure because when we originally got our permits for a July 8th start, we knew there would be at least some snow, but we were planning on a relaxed, easy going trip. Instead, Washington kept getting snow even into June and we were faced with about 60% snow coverage and several bridges out. I had not gotten in any good postholing since the CDT in 2019, so we decided to give it a whirl. The result was an exciting (and unexpected) adventure!
The Wonderland Trail is a 93 mile loop around Mount Rainier with consistently excellent views and normally easy travel, traits which make it very popular. So it was truly special to experience solitude on such a well known and often crowded trail.
Gear List: lighterpack.co...
Trip report: / tr_early_season_wonder...
Trip itinerary:
Clockwise from Longmire
Day 1, Longmire to South Puyallup River
Day 2, S Puyallup to Golden Lakes
Day 3, Golden Lakes to Mowich Lake
Day 4, Mowich Lake to Dick Creek Camp
Day 5, Dick Creek to Sunrise
Day 6, Sunrise to Summerland
Day 7, Summerland to Nickel Creek
Day 8 back to car
We did this in mid July 2022... We saw 5 groups of other hikers the whole thru hike. It was eerily desolate for such a popular hike. Some days we didn't see a single person. Raging rivers, steep snow slopes (Spray Park), tons of bears, routefinding, no caches or refuel stops, and finished in 6 days. It was an adventure and highlight of my time in the PNW. Thanks for this video :)
Sounds awesome. Lucky you on the bear sightings!
I think we can all agree, Amy has a better attitude than....just about anyone. Really appreciate that you take us along. Breathtaking, engaging and inspiring. thank you!
She appreciates your comment :)
Your vlogs are always complete journeys and gripping tales. Amy is a hoot (and a trooper).
Thank you! She is for sure
Wow, you guys did great. At the time you were hiking the Wonderland I was checking the trail reports and watching if anyone had successfully made it around. I started out several weeks later going CCW. The snow was still pretty deep and melting fast up on Panhandle Gag when I went through. I can't imagine how long those miles of trail must have seemed covered in snow. I crossed several of the same rivers before the trail crews did their magic. It was a hike I will always remember.
Thanks! Seems the WT was a little more exciting for everyone last year, even well into the season
Excellence!!! Love the resilience, that’s what hiking is all about! I can hear the emotion involved in overcoming that type of sitch. Awesome!!!!!!
What a treacherous and brave expedition! Impressed with both you and Amy on such a successful journey!
10 out of 5 stars!!!!!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing work Dan & Amy! SO happy to have been able to come along on your adventure! Thank you ❤
Thank you Haley!
22:45 is an EPIC thumbnail
Awesome adventure. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for helping me relive my 2018 hike!
Great trail companion... awesome to see the fortitude... and beautiful scenery.
“Well, we just walked around Mt Baker”… lol
What an awesome adventure! I've wanted to do this trail for awhile, you've inspired me to do it. Thanks for sharing!
Happy to hear it 🙂 Get on the permits early!
Such a great video, Dan! Thanks for posting it and sharing your adventures :)
Wow, this is fantastic. We did it as a fam in near-perfect August weather, in 2016. But this is a totally different experience. Inspiring!
Hiking is such a great thing ❤
awesome awesome! You toughed it out again. Loved those awesome distant shots of Amy crossing snow. You couldn’t have captured your thru better.
Thank you 🙂
Exciting hike, so weird to have snow and bugs at the same time:) Good Job!
Wonderful video!!! really enjoyed watching your adventure Peach
This was a fun one to watch. Must have been nice with few people out there.
It really was
@@DanStenziano I really appreciate your videos. They’re not the average “bro look how hard we crushed it” vibe. My girlfriend and I watch each knew post together. I know it’s silly to be this sentimental about hiker videos, but it really takes my mind off things. I work as a homeless service worker and don’t hike as much as I would like to. I revisit your SSHR video probably too much.
@@Bayplaces I'm glad you connect with the videos! that really does mean a lot
So good, your videos are always excellent! Thanks again for sharing!
You always make great videos Dan!
Dan, you're actually getting pretty good. Great job again!!!
Thanks for watching! You’re always my toughest critic 🙂
Nice video, I love the Wonderland Trail. I can’t believe you went up there without an ice axe ! But I guess you didn’t need it. I want to go back, when I went there, there was too much fog in some areas that I was looking forward to, like Spray Park. It would have been nice if you had mentioned the campsites to get an idea of how was your daily mileage and elevation changes.
Thanks! I did go back and forth beforehand about the ice axe, but the snow was generally soft enough that it wouldn't have seen much use. A week or two earlier and I probably would have wanted one. Good point on the campsites, I should add that to the description at least.
It's so good! Nice work!
Thanks! 🙂
Yeah boyyyyyy
Dan, do u have a list of geaar , clothing, tent u know all that stuff for this trail ???
Amy, my hats off to you cuz sometimes ya just have to lemonade the lemon !!!!
whats cool cool about the unexpected is a real adventure n some r actually better when things r not as planned !!!! u did great at being positive!!!! cuz atitude is what life is melted down to !! ATB 8)
Thanks Tracy! Check the bottom of the description for the gear list
The entire video was just great. Out of this world. You and Amy are Super Troupers--as Abba Sings about A big salute. Gorgeous scenery. Wonderful commentary. Thanks so much.
BTW does Amy have a TH-cam or IG account?
Thanks! Yes she does, IG handle is @xuan.films. Slightly different content from mine 🙂
I’m guessing Joanna was a theater major.
Haha no but she could have been!
Doing this loop in a couple weeks in the same amount of days. Hyped man.
Sweet! Hope you have a great trip
Been considering Wonderland Trail. Thanks for great video!
i could feel the regret lololol
No ragrets
i real loved mystic lake and its area !!! one joy that the pct has to offer.
amy is a bad ass
Agree
Great adventure and really well done video Dan. Just amazes me the places you go. At my age, day 6 would be all I could handle. Gorgeous scenery throughout. Bravo!
Thanks Charlie!