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Mount Rainier's Wonderland Trail booked for season after surge in demand

Published  April 12, 2015 2:56pm PDT
Associated Press

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Mount Rainier National Park has stopped taking reservations for the popular Wonderland Trail because of a overwhelming surge in demand this year.

The Chronicle newspaper in Centralia reports the park will still have some walk-up permits available this summer.

The Wonderland Trail is about 93 miles long and circumnavigates the base of Mount Rainier.

Park Superintendent Randy King says requests for either the full circuit or large portions of the trail have been in high demand this year.

Within the first two weeks of the reservation window, the number of applicants exceeded the space that can be reserved at backcountry camps along the trail.