Day 5 on the Wonderland Trail will be divided into three parts: natural features, rest stops and Mt. Rainier.
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Day 4 brought us up into the subalpine area and snow fields on the north side of Mount Rainier. There was no rain, but the mountain mist was heavy at higher elevations.
The camp at the end of Day 3 was one of our most memorable, and provides a good opporunity to show you the end-of-day activities.
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The rain finally stopped for Day 3, as we continue hiking along the west side of Mt. Rainier.
For those interested in the nature photography I have left you hanging for awhile. I will be alternating at least three series for awhile, with Nature being one of them. Day One on the Wonderland Trail for my family featured a 6 mile hike from our starting point in Longmire to Devil’s Dream Camp, along [...]
Continue reading about Nature – The Wonderland Trail – Day Two
In the summer of 2005 my family hiked the Wonderland Trail, a 98-mile (depending on estimate source) loop around Mt. Rainier in Washington. Starting at Longmire in the southwest and going clockwise, the hike took nine days. Our youngest, Serena, was 13. Charissa was 15 and Noah was 16.
Our climb of the Latemar range, across the valley from the Rosengarten range, was our last in the Italian Alps. This was a longer climb than the two Rosengarten loops we had done previously. Whereas the Rosengarten range reminded us a bit of the Sierra Nevada, particularly the back side, the Latemar Range had some [...]
Continue reading about Nature – The Latemar Range – Italian Alps
The last series of pictures on here were of Cindy, Charissa, Sarina and I hiking a northern loop through the Rosengarten range in the Italian Alps. These pictures continue the loop from the Vajolet Hut back to the front side of the range. The last part, along the cliff on the front side of the [...]
Our northern loop through the Rosengarten range started easy enough. Both the Kreplin and Sinclair families took the ski lift up to the station below Coronelle Pass. Everyone went up to Coronelle Pass together. Most went back down the same way. Cindy, Charissa, Sarina and I went on a loop that grew increasingly rigorous. The [...]
Continue reading about Nature – Rosengarten North to Vajolet Hut
Our first hike in the Dolomites started from the front door of the condo where we stayed, went cross-country up to the trail that traversed the Rosengarten ridge, followed trails up to Coronelle Pass, then looped south on trails until we headed cross-country again to our condo. Here is a photo journal of that hike.
