Went a mile up the IB to the first creek (N. Fk. of Bear). Though not visible at first, if you stay on the west side of the creek, and not too close to it, you should find a hunter's trail. Follow that for about a mile until it peters out then head uphill. My goal was to hit the County Line Trail directly south of Miller Peak, but I guess I veered too far left and ended up just above the saddle where the MP trail gets above the trees and you can see both west and east. The going was strenuous, but I found a lot of deer trails to follow. No snow on MP trail, but it seems like the trail is getting torn up by the allowance of motorbikes (aka multiple abuse).

Hiked Trail 1351 and then south on Teanaway Ridge Trail 1364. Saw no one all day except for two polite mountain bikers. The weather was perfect and most of the flowers at their peak - lots of buckwheats, larkspur, scarlet gilia, elderberry, balsamroot, sedum, lupine, saxifrage etc etc. Highlight was a field of Clematis occidentalis. A great first hike of the season.

For those of us who are tired of hiking Tiger, Squak, and Cougar this is the hike. The snow in the Teanaway is starting to melt and this trail is usually the first to melt out. There is a little snow as you approach the summit at 5489 feet and the trail is in good shape. As this was a Thursday it was quiet and peaceful and the floweres are in bloom.
We approached from highway 97 on the Iron Creek road and were the only car in the parking lot all day.

I led my Saturday Snowshoe for the Cascadians today up the Iron Creek Road almnost to the Iron-Bear trailhead. The snow at first was consolidated & crusty, but after a couple of miles it became drier & not so consolidated. The day started out somewhat sunny, but high clouds soon moved in, though we never did get the snow showers that were predicted. There was not much snow on the trees, but it was not too cold & we had a nice walk in the mountain air.