The trail is easy to find. It's right next to the old patrol cabin. The trail is well worn and in near perfect condition. Most of the trail is under the trees and hardly anything worth photographing until you get nearer to Sunrise. This would be a great trail for people camping at White River and want to check out Sunrise. I'm sure a lot of people do just that in the summer.

My husband and his friend did the entire loop yesterday. I only joined them for a short part of it due to a bad hip. The trail from White River to Sunrise is steep and climbs relentlessly. The trail that connects Burroughs with the Glacier Basin trail is also steep and a bit more rocky and exposed. They estimated a total of 11.5 miles, including a quick jaunt up to Glacier Basin camp. They spotted a herd of goats from atop Burroughs, which irritates me a great deal because I have been looking for goats all summer and have yet to see a single one.

It doesn't look like anyone's reported on this trail yet this year. My husband did it on his own yesterday morning. I picked him up at Sunrise (I wasn't up for the climb after a lousy night's sleep at the campground). He reported that the trail was in great shape and that he encountered only two other people on the trail (Wonderland hikers). If you're hoping for a bear sighting, this is probably the best place to be--they're active in the wooded areas around Sunrise right now. My husband thinks that he heard/saw something bear-like heading off into the bushes about 3/4 of the way up. As the hike description indicates, this trail doesn't offer anything particularly special except solitude (hard to find in this area at this time of the year).

Saturday was a beautiful day at Mt. Rainier. After hiking the Emmons Morraine Trail in the morning with kids, three of us wanted to stretch our legs further. We followed the wonderland trail from the White River campground to Paradise. As the WTA trail guide promises, this is a quiet trail in an otherwise busy area. We saw no one else until we reached the Emmons Vista trail 1/4 mile or so from the Sunrise visitors center. There is snow in places on the middle third of the trail but overall much less snow than I expected. The second creek crossing is at a waterfall which is running quite strong and results in wet feet. After this crossing though, the trail is entirely melted out and in go shape for the last switchbacks to Sunrise. Beautiful views on the last mile or so of the hike. The other adult shuttled the kids up to Sunrise. They enjoyed playing in the snow at Sunrise and we appreciated the ride back down sparing our knees. If you are staying at the White River campground, I highly recommend this hike.