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Review:
Summerland is a trail within Mount Rainier National Park’s Sunrise area that offers a 12-mile round-trip hike through an old-growth forest region.
The trail joins with the Wonderland Trail at a quarter mile into its route, which is heavily trafficked by backpackers. Wildflowers such as queen’s cups, coral roots, and sidebells pyrola populate the forest, which eventually clears to showcase Fryingpan Creek and the cliffs of the Cowlitz Chimneys. The trail gains nearly 3,000 feet in elevation before reaching wildflower meadows and an area with picnic shelters and a designated campsite area available by reservation. Another mile and a half hike provides access to the Panhandle Gap moraine.
Summerland, 55210 238th Avenue East, Ashford, WA 98304
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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