Here it is...the first vlog of the Wonderland Trail video series! Watch as my trail family and I get our last preparations for the trip done and start off our trip for 10 days from Sunrise. On the first day, I got to face an old fear, which I'm so longer scared of anymore and ended the day with a wonderful dip in Mystic Lake.
Team Summerland Newb here, it was wonderful running into y'all on trail! Thanks for being so kind, encouraging, and funny. It helped us through our days and made the experience even more special!
TEAM SUMMERLAND!!!! We loved meeting you guys on trail. I can't wait until I get to introduce TH-cam to you guys. Meeting you was definitely a highlight of our trip.
Thanks for sharing about your awesome group trek. In my youth I worked on a Northwest Youth Corps trail crew digging much of the Wonderland Trail in Mount Rainier Park. It was hard work and a beautiful nature experience. I recommend it highly and also volcanic Mount Cameroon in Cameroon, Africa.
My wife and I just did this hike at the end of July in 9 days. We also went counterclockwise and started at white river campground so we didn’t have to climb to sunrise on the last couple miles of the trip. Truly an amazing trip. Wild flowers were stunning. We got a walk up permit which was not hard if you do your homework. Do this trip and you won’t regret it.
That climb up to Sunrise from White River was tough on our last day. It was hot and I was getting attacked by flies. The flies were starting to break my spirit. Then I saw Rainier. 😊 Did you guys have to Ford the S Mowich River? The trail crew had just finished putting in the bridge the day before we got there. Bless the trail crews. ❤️
Yes. The river crossing and stevens canyon were the sketchiest parts. Flies only got us bad at klapatchee and past nickel creek to Indian bar. Indian bar and summer land were perfect ending.
All of my other meals were delicious. This one just happened to be my least favorite. I even had everyone in my trail family try it and they said the same thing.
Thanks for sharing the trip with us! Looks awesome! Though I'm no backpacker myself (I'm more of a day hiker), i can at least experience a little bit of the wonderland trail by watching these videos!!
Fantastic introduction to the trail. It's been on my shortlist of trails to tackle so I'm looking forward to checking this series out! Thanks for sharing.
I am so excited to see each of your videos. I got out my map to see exactly where you were describing. We are going clockwise starting from Fryingpan creek. Our camp sites are Indian Bar, Maple Creek, Paradise River, Devil's Dream, Klapathcie Park, Golden Lakes, Mowich, Dick Creek And Graite Creek. Any tips, advice, suggestions???
Indian Bar and Klapatche Park were my top 2 favorite tent sites we stayed at along our trip. I highly recommend trying to score tent site #2 at Indian Bar for the best views, although it will still be a long climb up to the toilet. Definitely pay a visit to the group shelter and the group shelter toilet (it has a wonderful view!). Fill up water at Paradise River before getting to the Paradise River Camp. Everyone warned us about mosquitoes at Devil's Dream, but we came in at the beginning of a storm so there was a nice breeze to blow them out of there and they didn't bother us. Make the pit stop at Indian Henry's cabin. Take lunch up at Emerald Ridge. You might get a slight bit of cell service at Golden Lakes. I think Tentsite #3 has the best view though. Granite Creek had the best tasting water along the trail. If you can. try to swim in all the lakes along the way. St. Andrews, just before Klapatche Park for you was our most favorite lake. You'll also want to fill up on water there because Klapatche Park was a dry camp for us. Good news! All th bridges were in for us so I hope they are for you. Also, Mowich Lake was the noisiest, most crowded tentsite we stayed at along the trail. Not one of our faves. Have fun!!
U-Haul aka Pah-Paw, definitely held his own out there. He was the perfect addition to our trail family. So many laughs and good memories!!! Poor guy had the most gear fails out of all us combined. You should ask him about his poor tent that kept shrinking during our trip. 😂
Beautiful views! Holy hell the river crossing look sketch. Gonna try to get to them early as possible so the level isn’t so high. Also, would you say the trail is easy to navigate? Always heard it’s well maintained and I’ll have my compass and map just in case but curious if there are any spots I have to be more aware on. Will be my first solo trip so expecting to learn a lot about myself on the WT. What do you think of this itinerary if anything at all....TH:longmire, maple creek, Indian bar, white river backpacker camp, granite creek, Ipsut creek, So. Mowich, No. Puyallup, So. Puyallup. Obviously I’m going CCW lol
The only hairy part of that water crossing was at the very end where the water came up to the bridge. Just made us move faster when we crossed that part. The Wonderland was very easy to navigate. I used the Guthook app for most of the trip and the trail is very well marked. Lots of signage at most junctions. Indian Bar was one of my most favorite camps. The climb up from Carbon River to Ipsut Pass was brutal. We stayed on the Wonderland proper and didn’t do the Spray Park alternative. Granite Creek had some of the best drinking water on trail. All the bridges were in when we were out there. Have so much fun!!!
Amazing video! I am visiting Rainer next month ! Lot of people might have asked you this but what is that place at the beginning of your video where you did dispersed camping! I will really appreciate it!
Not sure what you're asking, maybe where the Wonderland Trail is at? The Wonderland Trail is located in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State.
Here it is...the first vlog of the Wonderland Trail video series! Watch as my trail family and I get our last preparations for the trip done and start off our trip for 10 days from Sunrise. On the first day, I got to face an old fear, which I'm so longer scared of anymore and ended the day with a wonderful dip in Mystic Lake.
man that looks like an awesome trip!
Team Summerland Newb here, it was wonderful running into y'all on trail! Thanks for being so kind, encouraging, and funny. It helped us through our days and made the experience even more special!
TEAM SUMMERLAND!!!! We loved meeting you guys on trail. I can't wait until I get to introduce TH-cam to you guys. Meeting you was definitely a highlight of our trip.
Thanks for sharing about your awesome group trek. In my youth I worked on a Northwest Youth Corps trail crew digging much of the Wonderland Trail in Mount Rainier Park. It was hard work and a beautiful nature experience. I recommend it highly and also volcanic Mount Cameroon in Cameroon, Africa.
I'm so envious! I appreciate these kinds of videos for their natural beauty and practical advice.
Yay! Thanks for watching!
Wow amazing...Thanks for sharing your experiences with me and all the other people...keep up the good work 💪 👏🏼 🙌
Thanks for watching!
Cool you should of showed you cooking on trail. I like when you show the miles hiking and cooking and eating on the trail. Awesome videos!
I wanted to capture the entire experience, not only the hiking and the sights, but also the trail life.
@@TheHungryHiker Awesome keep em coming
@@Xsurvival-savageX PS: I do show more cooking in future vlogs. This is only the first one of 10. Stay tuned!
@@TheHungryHiker kk
thanks for sharing just sitting down to watch been looking forward for this video
:)
Yay! Hope you enjoy it!!
Glad you are all safe!! Theres Dirk!
Safe and sound and had the time of our lives out there. Take me back!
Such a great video
Thank you!
Have been looking forward to this all day 😊
Now enjoy watching it.
Hope you enjoyed it!
I love living vicariously through you in all your videos! So excited for this entire series.
Yay!!! Thanks for watching!
My wife and I just did this hike at the end of July in 9 days. We also went counterclockwise and started at white river campground so we didn’t have to climb to sunrise on the last couple miles of the trip. Truly an amazing trip. Wild flowers were stunning. We got a walk up permit which was not hard if you do your homework. Do this trip and you won’t regret it.
That climb up to Sunrise from White River was tough on our last day. It was hot and I was getting attacked by flies. The flies were starting to break my spirit. Then I saw Rainier. 😊 Did you guys have to Ford the S Mowich River? The trail crew had just finished putting in the bridge the day before we got there. Bless the trail crews. ❤️
Yes. The river crossing and stevens canyon were the sketchiest parts. Flies only got us bad at klapatchee and past nickel creek to Indian bar. Indian bar and summer land were perfect ending.
That trail washout at Stevens Canyon made me cry!!!
Thanks for all of these Wonderland videos! So detailed and thorough!
Glad you like them!
I love this video. Exactly the kind of knowledge nugs you need to know. Looks like a lot of fun. Best of luck!
Thank you!
Yay! Glad to see you back on the trail in another adventure
And there's a lot more to come too!
Thank you for sharing this. This was great!
Glad you liked this one.
So beautiful! I ate those noodles and they weren’t too good.
All of my other meals were delicious. This one just happened to be my least favorite. I even had everyone in my trail family try it and they said the same thing.
Thanks for sharing the trip with us! Looks awesome! Though I'm no backpacker myself (I'm more of a day hiker), i can at least experience a little bit of the wonderland trail by watching these videos!!
I’ll try my best to share as much of our Wonderland experience as possible. I took a LOT of footage during our trip. 😀
So much fun! Thank you for including me!!!
Always!!! Thanks for all the laughs Pah-paw!!!! ❤️
everything looks bigger out West .
That's because everything is bigger out here.
Fantastic introduction to the trail. It's been on my shortlist of trails to tackle so I'm looking forward to checking this series out! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Glad you're excited about this video series. I have a ton more videos coming soon featuring our trip. :)
Just found your chanel. ike it so far. Looking forward to seeing more of your hike.
Thank you!
At 3 minutes in roughly that's my favorite spot to go camping at
Love it!!
Great video. This trail is now on my list to do.
Yay!!!
I am so excited to see each of your videos. I got out my map to see exactly where you were describing. We are going clockwise starting from Fryingpan creek. Our camp sites are Indian Bar, Maple Creek, Paradise River, Devil's Dream, Klapathcie Park, Golden Lakes, Mowich, Dick Creek And Graite Creek. Any tips, advice, suggestions???
Indian Bar and Klapatche Park were my top 2 favorite tent sites we stayed at along our trip. I highly recommend trying to score tent site #2 at Indian Bar for the best views, although it will still be a long climb up to the toilet. Definitely pay a visit to the group shelter and the group shelter toilet (it has a wonderful view!). Fill up water at Paradise River before getting to the Paradise River Camp. Everyone warned us about mosquitoes at Devil's Dream, but we came in at the beginning of a storm so there was a nice breeze to blow them out of there and they didn't bother us. Make the pit stop at Indian Henry's cabin. Take lunch up at Emerald Ridge. You might get a slight bit of cell service at Golden Lakes. I think Tentsite #3 has the best view though. Granite Creek had the best tasting water along the trail. If you can. try to swim in all the lakes along the way. St. Andrews, just before Klapatche Park for you was our most favorite lake. You'll also want to fill up on water there because Klapatche Park was a dry camp for us. Good news! All th bridges were in for us so I hope they are for you. Also, Mowich Lake was the noisiest, most crowded tentsite we stayed at along the trail. Not one of our faves. Have fun!!
Thank you for taking Dirk under your wing! I know he had a blast! :)
U-Haul aka Pah-Paw, definitely held his own out there. He was the perfect addition to our trail family. So many laughs and good memories!!! Poor guy had the most gear fails out of all us combined. You should ask him about his poor tent that kept shrinking during our trip. 😂
Who are you? lol
Someone who apparently thinks you need some looking after in the backcountry. 😊
When you talk about dispersed camping at mile 57 is that along highway 410 heading back towards Ennumclaw??
Yes!
Pretty sure that it does not get anymore pnw than this ❤️
Oh it does. Wait until you see it rain on us in a couple more vlogs.
@@TheHungryHiker hahaha 💀 😂
Beautiful views!
Holy hell the river crossing look sketch. Gonna try to get to them early as possible so the level isn’t so high.
Also, would you say the trail is easy to navigate? Always heard it’s well maintained and I’ll have my compass and map just in case but curious if there are any spots I have to be more aware on. Will be my first solo trip so expecting to learn a lot about myself on the WT.
What do you think of this itinerary if anything at all....TH:longmire, maple creek, Indian bar, white river backpacker camp, granite creek, Ipsut creek, So. Mowich, No. Puyallup, So. Puyallup. Obviously I’m going CCW lol
The only hairy part of that water crossing was at the very end where the water came up to the bridge. Just made us move faster when we crossed that part. The Wonderland was very easy to navigate. I used the Guthook app for most of the trip and the trail is very well marked. Lots of signage at most junctions. Indian Bar was one of my most favorite camps. The climb up from Carbon River to Ipsut Pass was brutal. We stayed on the Wonderland proper and didn’t do the Spray Park alternative. Granite Creek had some of the best drinking water on trail. All the bridges were in when we were out there. Have so much fun!!!
@@TheHungryHiker THANK YOU!!!!!! All of this is extremely helpful.
Yay!!! 😀
Amazing video! I am visiting Rainer next month ! Lot of people might have asked you this but what is that place at the beginning of your video where you did dispersed camping! I will really appreciate it!
That was just off of mike57 on Highway 410, just before coming into the park, on the right hand side.
Are they bites?
Yes, I always get eaten alive when there are bugs and I'm notorious for scratching my bug bites.
Where is the tair?
Not sure what you're asking, maybe where the Wonderland Trail is at? The Wonderland Trail is located in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State.