My friend and I started from the Little Wenatchee trailhead about 9:30am and headed out on the Cady Creek trail. We opted to stay on this trail instead of taking the ridge. It's a fairly flat, shaded woodland trail for much of it, though there is some pushing through shoulder-height brush at a point - nothing terrible but it is tricky to find the trail when it pops out in a large rocky dry creek bed (go up to the right a few steps in the creek bed and you'll find the trail continues). Once we started to slowly gain elevation in the woods on the way up to join the PCT, the bugs got very annoying, making our lunch break very short. We went through a ton of bug spray over the weekend.
The PCT portion is gorgeous and a steady, gentle climb. The trail passes through wildflower meadows and ducks into shady areas often enough to keep you cool. We then camped at Lake Sally Ann for the night (snow in lake is almost entirely gone), with a few other groups of campers. We chose a spot with a breeze to keep bugs away, but they were still a pest.
The next morning, we watched sunrise with the great eastern views afforded here, then packed up camp and headed north on the PCT towards the Meander Meadow trail. This trail is stunning with mountain/valley views and wildflowers/wildlife. It is a long trail, though, and we spent at least half of it pushing through more brushy trail that was even over our heads. It was a gentle descent, but a lot of work to keep pushing through.
Great trail for views and solitude!
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