2026 WONDERLAND TRAIL COMPILATION The 2026 Grand Park 2 fire precluded me from doing a thru hike of the Wonderland Trail this year, but I wason the Wonderland quite a few times doing other things. This is a compilation of segments of the Wonderland during other hikes. It is broken into 6 parts, each a grab from my hikes this year of the Eastern Loop, The Shlob, The Northern Loop and “6 Days in October”. These hikes allowed a more relaxed pace vice my usual 3 day Wonderlands, and I was able to spend more time filming, panning, taking photos and timelapses. It is an intimate look at major parts of the trail in 2026. Filmed in 4K, run time 1H 17M.

This video fast tracks Mt. Rainier's Wonderland Trail Counter Clock Wise starting and ending at Longmire and includes the entire Stevens Canyon washout section with the bypass, plus the regular and alternate routes over Spray Park via the Mother Mountain Loop. I call on various recent Wonderland hikes for the content. Music by Willis Wall and Forrest Kinney (piano). Authored in 5K Cinematic with map reference for the viewer to keep bearings.

*Kautz Creek washes over the main road (2006 flood, NPS photo)*

WONDERLAND TRAIL: Post 2006 Flood (2007 compilation)

In 2007 I hiked the Wonderland Trail over 4 days to capture the changes and repairs done by park personnel and volunteers after the devastating flood of November 2006. In this compilation I edited the 4 part series (still available) down to 25 minutes. More than 20 years later and the mountain continues to affect change on parts of the Wonderland, especially in the river courses. However, nothing has compared to the 2006 deluge to this date. This video is edited in the original SD format at 480.

PAIN AND SUFFERING: WONDERLAND TRAIL IN 3 DAYS (2009).

I schlepped a camera on my 2009 thru hike to record a different Vidcast, but when I wasn't doing that I turned it on myself to chronicle how my trip was going whilst under locomotion. Sometimes great, sometimes not; I was not in good shape that year but, hey, how hard can it be? I've done it many times before. I supplement the yapping with some trail footage taken on my 2008 hike to give the viewer a break from my talking head. I include a map and elevation profile reference so the viewer can stay oriented as to where I am when I'm speaking. The days on trail are broken up as separate videos below.

WONDERLAND TRAIL 2010: THE “SELFIE” 3 DAY HIKE

I was an early adopter of helmet cams, and was excited to get hold of one of the first Contour 1080P cameras, back when Contour was VHoldR. This whole series was shot at 60fps, and in those days the best quality at this higher frame rate was 720p, which is what this video is authored in. There was an interesting article in the Seattle Times on the Centennial of Mt. Rainier National Park, "100 things to know."

86. Unverified fact: The original selfie stick was a camera mounted to a trekking pole during a 2012 Wonderland Trail expedition.

Well, the selfie stick is credited in the 1980s to Hiroshi Ueda, who worked for Minolta. And assuming they were referencing me, then they were off by two years. But I recently rediscovered these clips and decided to put them together, offering a unique view of the trail. In my recent Wonderland video for #34, I turned the camera on me but once. Times have changed. On another note, my current 3 day transits of the Wonderland are right in line with 12 years ago and even 30 years ago, time wise, so lucky I am! I hope you enjoy! Music by williswall.

MY WONDERLAND (a film)

My Wonderland follows my then 13-year old daughter as she hikes Mt. Rainier's 93 mile Wonderland Trail in 5 days. The film seeks to capture the importance of exposing our kids to wilderness and the pure joy of time spent together outdoors. The film was a finalist in the 2009 Kendal Mountain Film Festival (UK) and was presented in some UK schools. Seattle bassist Jon Hamar provides tasty acoustic bass lines and the foundation for much of the music.