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Wonderland trail - beginning of a new journey
I've heard of Wonderland trail for years but never settled my mind on it because the trail is over 90 miles long and permit is very hard to get. This year, my friends finally convinced me to try it. On the day when the permit was released, we all woke up early to test our luck and I was the lucky one to find an open itinerary that covered about 80% of the loop.
Our permit was split into two parts. The first part was 5 days covering about 65 miles, and the second part was 2 days covering 18 miles.
Since this year we have seen late snow in April and May, snow pack was still quiet high even in early July, which was the time our permit was for. On the day when we picked up our permit from Ranger Station, a ranger told us that most groups had given up their permit and we were one of the first few groups to attempt. He told us it would be a real adventure.
Indeed, for the remaining days when we were on trail, it was quiet miserable. We didn't have good weather for the majority of the hike and hiking on snow with wet socks all day long wasn't pleasing either. The worst part was river crossing as many bridges were out early in the season and walking on slippery logs with raging river underneath was really scary.
But all things said, this was a journey that really challenged me and taught me so much. I am glad I had this experience with some of my best friends and I will be posting a series of photos here to remember this journey.
Btw, the editing style on this series is very different than my normal style. I was mostly using Fuji's classic negative film with some grain added because I like how color is rendered. It represents a sense of dreary and loneliness which was exactly how I felt when I was in this journey. I hope you will enjoy this journey as well.
Wonderland trail - beginning of a new journey
I've heard of Wonderland trail for years but never settled my mind on it because the trail is over 90 miles long and permit is very hard to get. This year, my friends finally convinced me to try it. On the day when the permit was released, we all woke up early to test our luck and I was the lucky one to find an open itinerary that covered about 80% of the loop.
Our permit was split into two parts. The first part was 5 days covering about 65 miles, and the second part was 2 days covering 18 miles.
Since this year we have seen late snow in April and May, snow pack was still quiet high even in early July, which was the time our permit was for. On the day when we picked up our permit from Ranger Station, a ranger told us that most groups had given up their permit and we were one of the first few groups to attempt. He told us it would be a real adventure.
Indeed, for the remaining days when we were on trail, it was quiet miserable. We didn't have good weather for the majority of the hike and hiking on snow with wet socks all day long wasn't pleasing either. The worst part was river crossing as many bridges were out early in the season and walking on slippery logs with raging river underneath was really scary.
But all things said, this was a journey that really challenged me and taught me so much. I am glad I had this experience with some of my best friends and I will be posting a series of photos here to remember this journey.
Btw, the editing style on this series is very different than my normal style. I was mostly using Fuji's classic negative film with some grain added because I like how color is rendered. It represents a sense of dreary and loneliness which was exactly how I felt when I was in this journey. I hope you will enjoy this journey as well.