On to Ingalls Pass!

The Teanaway region of Washington is beautiful (I think I said that in another post, but I’ll say it again here because it’s true…it’s lovely!).  However, almost any region has its trails that are really hyped up, but actually don’t give you what you were expecting.  Ingalls Pass fits this description nicely.  There are views [...]

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The Summer Blossoms, Pt. 2

Ok, so we finally did find the Summer Blossom Trail…it took us a while, but we finally did find it!  After finishing up the Summit Trail hike the day before, we continued down the road for another two miles and came upon a sign on the left side of the road: “Summer Blossom Trail: Maintained [...]

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The Summer Blossoms, Pt. 1

Driven away from the Mount Baker/North Cascades area due to too much snow, and unable to visit other places on our Washington itinerary due to unfavorable weather reports, I needed to find someplace nice to spend a day.  I’d read about a trail in central Washington (which was supposed to have good weather) called “Summer [...]

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The Best View of Mt. Stewart

Mt. Stewart has got to be one of the prettiest mountains in the Teanaway area.  It seems to be visible from just about any viewpoint in the area, and it gives you a reference point: “Oh, there’s Mt. Stewart again!”  However, the best view I ever got of the mountain was from Longs Pass, just [...]

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The Ridge at Teanaway

The Teanaway region of Washington is absolutely beautiful.  Snowcapped peaks rise among low-lying hills, with a cross between northern-US desert and alpine forest.  As our introduction to the region, we hiked up Teanaway Ridge, a 3 mile trail up to a viewpoint of Mt. Stewart.  Although you are farther away here than elsewhere in the [...]

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Earl Peak: The Cascades Laid Out Below You

The view from Earl Peak has got to be one of the best in the entire Teanaway region of Washington State.  Well, Bean Peak, across the valley, rivals this view, but they are quite different senses of “best”: from Bean Peak, you get a close-up view of Mount Stewart as well as several other Cascade [...]

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