Mt.Rainier Wonderland trail

There are some great hikes around Paradise and Sunrise.  Paradise is one of my favorite places.  It gets pretty crowded in the summer so parking can be a little difficult. 

I finally made it to Rainier last summer. I agree that the Paradise area is great...the views along the Skyline Trail were phenomenal.

We also did a longer, tougher, more secluded day hike (~13+ miles according to my Garmin) that took us along the Wonderland Trail for about 3-3.5 miles. This webpage pretty much describes the exact route we took: http://www.nwhiker.com/MirrorLakesHike.html. The beginning portion of the hike along the Tahoma Creek is on a trail no longer maintained by the park, but it was still in good shape & we didn't have any issues following it...and the rangers had no problem giving us the latest trail conditions or tips on how to find it.

Thanks for the tips. That nwhiker is a good resource, thx. I linked to the point where I found http://www.walkingwithwired.com/p/home-page.html. Now the Missus wants to hike the PCT from Tahoe to Yosemite, in 3 weeks from now! This is gonna get expensive...

That looks like a great opportunity for a trail run instead, forget hiking!

Go here, http://www.adventurerunningco.com/current-tours.html, and scroll about halfway down the page.

Edited by Climbinggonzo 2013-07-31 7:54 AM

Ouch. That would be pretty hardcore to run that thing in 4 days. The elevation profile looks like it is a series of ridges and ravines all the way around.