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.
2. It was about 1920 when visitors and park staff started referring to the loop as the Wonderland Trail.