Planning
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Services

I started planning this hike around the time of our Olympic National Park hike in 1998. We both enjoy the Pacific Northwest, and like long-distance hiking. The Wonderland Trail seemed an ideal fit for all of these interests. Our custom is to alternate responsibilities for planning; I selected and planned the Olympic trip, she planned the Yukon/Alaska trip, and we took 2000 off for home remodeling.

Itinerary (planned)

Date

Depart

Arrive

Distance

Cumulative distance
7/14/2001 Washington, DC Longmire    
7/15/2001 Longmire Devil's Dream 5.9 5.9
7/16/2001 Devil's Dream South Puyallup 6.6 12.5
7/17/2001 South Puyallup Klapatche 3.6 16.1
7/18/2001 Klapatche Golden Lakes 7.7 23.8
7/19/2001 Golden Lakes Mowich Lake 10.0 33.8
7/20/2001 Mowich Lake (via Spray Park) Carbon River camp 11.9 45.7
7/21/2001 Carbon River camp Mystic Lake 7.4 53.1
7/22/2001 Mystic Lake Sunrise 8.8 61.9
7/23/2001 Sunrise Summerland 9.7 71.6
7/24/2001 Summerland Indian Bar 4.5 76.1
7/25/2001 Indian Bar Maple Creek 9.9 86.0
7/26/2001 Maple Creek Paradise River 6.8 92.8
7/27/2001 Paradise River Longmire 3.4 96.2
7/28/2001 Longmire Seattle    
7/29/2001 Seattle Washington, DC    

Itinerary (NPS response to reservation request)

Date

Depart

Arrive

Distance

Cumulative distance
7/14/2001 Washington, DC Longmire    
7/15/2001 Longmire Devil's Dream 5.9 5.9
7/16/2001 Devil's Dream Klapatche 9.9 16.1
7/17/2001 Klapatche Golden Lakes 7.7 23.8
7/18/2001 Golden Lakes Mowich Lake 10.0 33.8
7/19/2001 Mowich Lake Carbon River    
7/20/2001 Carbon River Mystic    
7/21/2001 Mystic Sunrise    
7/22/2001 Sunrise Summerland    
7/23/2001 Summerland Nickel Creek    
7/24/2001 Nickel Creek Snow Lake    

 

Itinerary (actual)

Date

Depart

Arrive

Distance

Cumulative distance
7/14/2001 Washington, DC Longmire    
7/15/2001 Longmire Devil's Dream 5.9 5.9
7/16/2001 Devil's Dream Klapatche 9.9 16.1
7/17/2001 Klapatche Golden Lakes 7.7 23.8
7/18/2001 Golden Lakes Mowich Lake 10.0 33.8
7/19/2001 Mowich Lake Carbon River    
7/20/2001 Carbon River Mystic    
7/21/2001 Mystic Sunrise    
7/22/2001 Sunrise Summerland    
7/23/2001 Summerland Nickel Creek    
7/24/2001 Nickel Creek Snow Lake    
7/25/2001 Snow Lake Cougar Rock    
7/26/2001 Cougar Rock      
7/27/2001 Cougar Rock Longmire    
7/28/2001 Longmire Seattle    
7/29/2001 Seattle Washington, DC    

Menu

Date Breakfast Lunch Dinner
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Food

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Caches

Neither of us was excited about carrying a full two weeks worth of food around the mountain, so we planned to cache food at the Sunrise Ranger Station. Lorraine packaged the food in two bundles -- days one through eight went with us from the beginning; days 9 through 14 went into the cache.

Transportation

Air

We bought cheap, non-refundable tickets on U. S. Airways from Washington, DC to Seattle, WA. Lorraine bought these through travelocity.com, where we got a great price.

Ground (shuttle)

We took a van (Rainier Shuttle) from SEATAC to Longmire to begin the hike.

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