In case you haven’t heard, Mount Rainier National Park will begin a piloted timed entry reservation system in 2024, similar what several other national parks have done (like Glacier and Yosemite) or popular attractions like Red Rock Canyon outside Las Vegas. From the parks’ website: Mount Rainier National Park has experienced an approximate 40% increase…
In November of 2021, Mount Rainier National Park issued an emergency closure of the Grove of The Patriarchs trail on the east side of the national park due to damage during recent flooding. The bridge that spans between the Eastside Trail and the Grove of The Patriarchs through the ancient cedars had been washed away…
Summerland And Bust I had to sit down to write about our last day on the trail multiple times and I am not sure why it was so hard. I guess because the end turned out to be rather anticlimactic. Sorry if anyone was holding their breath. It must have rained off and on through…
Reflection Lakes With another 16+ miles to do today, we were up and hiking by 5am with headlamps on briefly as we made our way along the trail and road towards Narada Falls. The falls are not directly on the Wonderland, so I walked up the side trail enough to be able to see it….
Longmire Lodge For Breakfast Despite the sore muscles earned by three long days of hiking, Steve and I woke up and were on the trail by 6:40am. Maybe it was the idea of eggs and bacon or a possible shower at the lodge but we were looking forward to spending some time relaxing at Longmire. …
Klapatche and Aurora We woke up today to low clouds, the gorgeous rocks above the river now obscured from view. Leaving camp at 6:15am, we made our way over the bridge and started the long climb up out of the valley. We had been told by the ranger station that this section would be dry,…