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10 CRUCIAL Things I Wish I Knew Before the Wonderland Trail

7.1K views · Jul 29, 2024 · Education

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  • @chadlubinski · 2 years ago · pinned

    📌 When are you planning to start the Wonderland Trail? Will you do a walk up permit or apply in advance?

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  • @MarioTricomi · 1 year ago

    I’d like to add a few comments. I just finished the Wonderland in July and these are some of my observations. We went counter clockwise out of the White river campground. We carried 6 days worth of food in order to get to Longmire. This was we were unable to resupply at Movich Lake campground, due to a road closure. Going CCW the climbs were steeper but the downhills were not as steep. Your legs took less of a pounding. As a rule the trail grades were not bad at all. This is coming from an AT section hiker, esp NH/ME. What did slow us down were the number of blow down that hadn’t been chainsawed off the trail. Also I don’t necessarily agree about not having rain gear. We hit one afternoon of ice cold rain and I don’t mind being soaked as long as I’m warm. Was surprised that the trail wasn’t blazed. The trail could get sketchy in rocky river valleys looking for tiny rock cairns.

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  • @dancoursey5447 · 2 years ago

    Thank you! Very informative series. Next summer.

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  • @sgtpickles1319 · 1 year ago

    WA native here, my top sites to stay at would be:<br>1. Indian Bar (Group site is best one)<br>2. Golden Lakes<br>3. Summerland<br>4. Mowich Lake<br>5. Mystic Lake<br><br>The best section of the whole trail is starting at Fryingpan Creek and camping at Summerland, then Summerland to Indian Bar, and then out at Box Canyon.<br><br>If you are doing the whole thing I highly recommend the Spray Park alternate and a short side hike to the Burroughs. (Stop at 2nd Burrough, 3rd is a lot of work for basically the same view)

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  • @thebreakingday · 1 year ago

    Wondering what you meant with &quot;scoring some food&quot; at the Mowich ranger station. Did other hikers just not pick up there stuff there so its available for other hikers? I&apos;m planning to do the trip this summer and read to bring my resupply to the ranger station near Mowich a day prior or early the day before starting in Longmire 🤷‍♀

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