Drove nearly 200 miles to try something new, Ingalls Creek. This is a long creek valley with a trail that slowly gains altitude for 15 miles to Stewart Pass. It is an entry point to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington and the trailhead is just south of Leavenworth. The Enchantment Basin is just to the north. The trailhead is just under 2000 feet and the pass is 6400 feet. I camped for two nights 8.5 miles up and tried to hike up to the pass on the middle day, losing the trail in snow just before the pass. There are many spot burns and the trail was fortunately cleared of blowdown already to about nine miles in. Being a fairly open forest, the area is famous for wildflowers. Because it is a low altitude trail, there aren't many views till fairly far up. This trail requires some work and walking to get the views. It's also kind of brushy farther up.
The warm trailhead.
