From Little Wenatchee Ford TH, up Cady Ridge trail, north on PCT to Dishpan Gap, Bald Eagle trail to June Mt, Pilot Ridge trail to Blue Lake, Blue Lake High Route back to Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle back to Dishpan Gap, PCT north to Meander Meadows junc, Little Wenatchee trail back to the trail head.
Road to Little Wenatchee Ford TH is good but narrow. Encountering a car going the opposite direction would be difficult.
Cady Ridge trail is in good condition, some super annoying small fly things. Wild flowers up the top are lovely and great views of Dakobed/Glacier.
PCT is of course in great condition and has water sources between Cady Ridge and Dishpan gap.
Bald Eagle trail between Dishpan Gap and June Mt is in good condition. Still some large snow patches but not difficult or dangerous to cross. Super nice views across the valley.
Pilot Ridge trail in the valley from June Mt to Blue lake is in good condition. Very chill marmot fam living on the trail between lower and upper lakes.
Blue Lake High Route has barely any snow to cross. None on the steepest section.
Little Wenatchee trail is horrid. One minute you are skipping through the stunning wildflowers up above Meander Meadows, the next your battling through brush over your head. Seriously, its worth looping through meander meadows but I wouldn't venture lower than that. Its 5 miles of can't see your feet brush occasionally interspersed with open forest. We were't that far down when we ran into a man+dog coming up, he asked us if we'd come up this way, we told him it was quite brushy above here, he laughed and said well its super brushy below - we'd been hoping to drop into forest and be done with the brush - he also vowed that he'd never be taking this trail again. Never again. The trail under the brush is in great condition, would be fantastic if you could see it. I wondered why the trail was built through all these avalanche run-outs instead of in the forest on the other side of the valley???
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Bee12 on Cady Ridge, Bald Eagle Mountain, Pilot Ridge, Blue Lake High, Little Wenatchee River, Meander Meadow - Dishpan Gap - Cady Ridge Loop, White Pass - Pilot Ridge Loop
Thank you for linking to the map on Strava! I'm new to WA and was having some trouble picturing the route. And what a route, it looks beautiful!
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Bee12 on Sep 12, 2020 10:34 AM