Wonderland Trail Day 1: Longmire to Devil’s Dream – SoCal Hiker

Overview

Your Wonderland Trail permit states where you sleep at night, but not which trailhead you start from. Rather than starting at Longmire, we opted to head up the road to the Cougar Rock Picnic Area where there was plenty of parking. It also meant that our first mile would actually be forested and downhill to Longmire, providing a nice warm-up for the day. Had we been able to start a little earlier, we might’ve even opted to park at Reflection Lake and start from there, to make that last day hike a little shorter.

Trail Stats

Duration
4.8 hr
Length
15.0 km
Elevation Gain
1508 m
High Point
1498 m
Low Point
853 m
Grade

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