Backpacking the Northern Loop of the Wonderland Trail in Rainier National Park for a few days...

Jul 1, 2020
12:17:59pm

cougfanblue CB Nose Hair

...and then driving to Olympic National Park and backpacking the Seven Lakes Basin trail for a couple days. Awesome week in two great National Parks in WA.

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What has been your favorite National park experience? My wife and I have a goal to see as many National Parks as we can

spugeddy24 The "Liberal" Mod

7/1/20 12:14pm

Grand Teton is the best. No contest

letthewookieewin

7/1/20 12:15pm

We just went there last week. It's amazing

spugeddy24

7/1/20 12:19pm

No way. I was there last week too.

letthewookieewin

7/1/20 12:23pm

No way. I was there 10 days ago.

TN_Coug

7/1/20 12:31pm

My SIL is from Driggs...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:43pm

We're headed to Driggs tomorrow for the holiday weekend.

BlueBlood94

7/1/20 2:33pm

If you do, let me know. We /love/ Victor.

ebv

7/1/20 2:59pm

Nah. Pretty but not top 5.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:45pm

RE: Nah. Pretty but not top 5.

letthewookieewin

7/1/20 1:11pm

Hey man, if were throwing in fishing, that changes things.

Backcountry

7/1/20 4:44pm

Yosemite in 1986. Now? Crater Lake in Winter. I really don't enjoy crowds.

SaturdaySpecialDay

7/1/20 12:16pm

Same minute, same answer. Wow.

ZacSeljaas'Stache

7/1/20 12:16pm

Went to Crater Lake in the winter. Saw nothing but falling snow and fog. Never saw the lake.

RUNBYU1

7/1/20 2:45pm

Some of my favorites: Crater Lake in Oregon and Yosemite in California

ZacSeljaas'Stache

7/1/20 12:16pm

Do the Jr Ranger program at each, cool unique souvenir and learn a ton.

chago04

7/1/20 12:17pm

We've had our kids do that at a few parks. They've really enjoyed it.

spugeddy24

7/1/20 12:20pm

Same here! We now have a mounted display in our family room with 20+ JR patches.

statguru

7/1/20 12:32pm

I think Yellowstone cancelled those this summer

Cougarrr

7/1/20 12:59pm

I've been to all of the parks in California, Nevada, Utah, and AZ...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:17pm

Ride bikes from Springdale to top of Zion canyon and back. Really amazing.

pink22

7/1/20 12:19pm

Backpacking the Northern Loop of the Wonderland Trail in Rainier National Park for a few days...

cougfanblue

7/1/20 12:17pm

I was taken to Glacier when I was a kid, and probably had a bad attitude.

BYUFBDAD

7/1/20 12:21pm

Glacier is hands-down my #1. There are a lot of close seconds, but it's tops in

m0resn0w

7/1/20 1:37pm

Yosemite

JOPE

7/1/20 12:23pm

Love Yosemite...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:25pm

Overrated. Less grand than Zion NP.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:46pm

Met a guy this week who has been to all 491 National Parks

DrBYU

7/1/20 12:23pm

There aren't nearly that many national parks.

JuicyJam

7/1/20 12:26pm

I would imagine he means parks and monuments...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:28pm

and lakeshores, and seashores, and trails, and forests

TN_Coug

7/1/20 12:32pm

“The National Park System encompasses 419 national park sites in the United States...”

DrBYU

7/1/20 12:34pm

I really want to go to Acadia...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:28pm

RE: What has been your favorite National park experience? My wife and I have a

Ygirl1

7/1/20 12:28pm

Yellowstone is tops for many good reasons. But I had some great hikes in

statguru

7/1/20 12:30pm

Olympic National Park

jordbyu

7/1/20 12:31pm

That's next up for me.

mokelembembe

7/1/20 12:33pm

Please spend a few days here for me!

jordbyu

7/1/20 12:42pm

Its #1. Incredible place.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:47pm

some of the coolest tide pools I've ever seen. Rialto beach specifically for me

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:09pm

It’s amazing.

cougfanblue

7/1/20 1:13pm

It's not a national park, but you need to do the Sawtooth Nat'l Forest. Rent a cabin or camp at Redfish Lake. Do a float

SierraCoug

7/1/20 12:34pm

What are you talking about? It’s horrible! Boring place with nothing to do.

Soupie

7/1/20 2:35pm

Guess you don't like camping, world class hiking, fishing, mtn biking...

Katewot

7/2/20 12:04am

Pssst.. she does (she just doesn’t want the word to get out). Clear now?

Spocougar

7/2/20 12:07am

Ah, hmmmm, got it.

Katewot

7/2/20 12:13am

I’m sure she hates that stuff.

CoachSpeak

7/2/20 5:53am

Ofu American Samoa

BYULAWGUY

7/1/20 12:35pm

Isle Royale is a big one on my bucket list, Acadia is my favorite so far

sTcCoug

7/1/20 12:36pm

Yosemite, Zion, and I really liked the Everglades. Just was so foreign to me.

mokelembembe

7/1/20 12:40pm

Easy answer is still Grand Teton, Zion is a close second

jxncoog

7/1/20 12:44pm

We had a trip to Sequoia planned and it got cancelled by the park due to COVID. We were bummed.

spugeddy24

7/1/20 12:48pm

+1 on Sequoia. That place is unreal and off the beaten path a little.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:11pm

Olympic, crater lake, redwood state/np are amazing.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:45pm

We've towed our travel trailer from coast to coast many times over during the

BYUMizzou

7/1/20 12:50pm

excellent advice in this post. When I went out to the Tennessee game last year I

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:18pm

Mesa Verde, Glacier NP and Carlsbad Caverns are some of my favorites.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:14pm

Mesa Verde was amazing!

kirty

7/1/20 2:18pm

Have you done Chaco Canyon? I like it better than Mesa Verde

LaserCoug

7/1/20 4:18pm

I have not.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 4:33pm

Zion. But backcountry, like Mystery Canyon.

HenderCoug

7/1/20 1:19pm

Yellowstone and Arches

BYU Grounds

7/1/20 1:49pm

Mesa Verde

lobocoug

7/1/20 2:05pm

Spent the night at Dry Tortugas. That was probably slightly better than Glacier and Yosemite.

Supercoug

7/1/20 2:07pm

Camping or cabins?

claw

7/1/20 3:24pm

At Dry Tortugas? Only tent camping is allowed. They ferry you out there. It's a 3-hour boat ride and you're there for

Supercoug

7/1/20 3:37pm

Kenai Fjords, SMNP, Denali, GC, Yellowstone are some of my favorite. Would like to do Glacier, Dry Tortugas, Yosemite

unctoothman

7/1/20 2:09pm

do Glacier and then head up to Banff

rotorhead

7/1/20 3:17pm

Hiking the Narrows at Zion was by far the best experience

volleyjiver

7/1/20 4:36pm

We’re making plans to do that soon.

spugeddy24

7/1/20 5:16pm

Glacier is very very impressive and beautiful

TeeKaa

7/1/20 7:41pm

Having visited every National Park in the lower 48

AteErNok

7/1/20 8:03pm

Didn't White Sands just get promoted from a national monument this year?

LaserCoug

7/1/20 8:27pm

The newest park - one I have been to many times

AteErNok

7/1/20 8:36pm

There you go. I live up north from it. Haven’t been for a few years.

LaserCoug

7/1/20 10:29pm

I've been to 22 National Parks, and I just can't say or pinpoint one best...

So it goes...

7/1/20 9:10pm

Kenai Fjords is the most scenic I've ever been to. Heaven on earth.

YNWA

7/1/20 10:45pm

Not a national park but if you like fishing and camping you have to the BWCA in

7FootRussian

7/2/20 12:19am

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