Starting in valley-bottom meadows, you'll enjoy open country start to finish. Oh, you'll dip into stands of trees now and again, but for the most part you'll be surrounded by wildflowers, alpine grasses, and low bushes. That low-growing vegetation means there's nothing but the distant mountains to prevent your views from stretching to the far horizon. And as you climb, the views get longer and longer. By the time you reach the pass you'll be peering out over the expanse of the Cle Elum River valley and, on the other side of the ridge, over to the Wenatchee Mountains.

The trail leaves the roadside meadows and heads into a stand of forest right off the bat. About 0.5 mile up the trail you'll cross a small creek and then start climbing with vigor. Within the next 0.5 mile the trail turns even steeper, leaving the last big section of forest just over 1 mile from the trailhead. Now you enter steep hillside meadows. The views, too, open up here. Look across the Cle Elum Valley to see Cathedral Rock towering over the opposite valley wall.

Enjoy those views--they get progressively better--for the next mile. At 2.5 miles the trail splits. Both paths go to the pass. Take either, then come back on the other. For what it's worth, the left fork is a more direct route--I prefer it on the downhill return. So, go right to swing out past an old hard-rock mine (Gold? Silver? Not much of either was ever found here) and a small creek. The trails merge for the final 0.25 mile to the pass.

Paddy-Go-Easy Pass (elev. 6100 ft) is nestled below the 400-foot red-rock cliffs of an unnamed peak.