The Seattle Times · Jul 26, 2015
On Wonderland Trail’s centennial, 100 things to know
A cloud hovers over Mount Rainier at sunset in a view from Klapatche Park Camp in Mount Rainier National Park. (Drew Perine/AP)The famed 93-mile loop around Mount Rainier reaches the century mark.
It’s arguably Washington’s most famous trail: Ninety-three miles of ups and downs looping around Mount Rainier.
As the Wonderland Trail celebrates its centennial this summer, we offer 100 things hikers ought to know about the trail:
1. The park finished linking trails in 1915 to form the loop around the mountain in an effort to make patrolling easier for rangers. The trail quickly became popular with hikers.