It's helpful to hear about trails that you don't want to hike, in addition to the wonderful ones. The hike up to and beyond Tieton Pass is as uninspiring as any I've ever done, so I'll save you a wasted day. We are great fans of the Goat Rocks Wilderness, so hiking in from the north was an exciting opportunity. Our previous hikes had been from Snowgrass, Goat Ridge and Cispus and each of them was gorgeous. So Saturday morning we drove down past Clear Lake (just past White Pass) to the trailhead, and prepared to see this beautiful area from a new angle. My single biggest complaint is that the trail is entirely in the trees. We went up past Tieton Pass, where the trail intersects the PCT (in fact we chatted up a group of Thru-Hikers on their way to Canada), and hiked on another couple of miles. In our total of about 6 miles we rarely saw anything but trees. The high soaring ridges and the glaciated peaks were always just outside our vision, although occassionally we got tantalizing glimpses. My second complaint was the ankle-deep dust that serves as a trail, pounded into flour by the frequent horse traffic. We were very lucky that it had rained the previous night, so the dust was somewhat controlled, but even on the hike out it rose into an incessant cloud. I can imaging that a hot day would be misserable. This trail is useful as access to a few specific areas, but we would never consider it for a day hike. Now we know better, and so do you !

#1128 Tieton Meadows goat rocks Follow trail #1118 at the end of fr 1207 for about 5 min. then walk around the fallen tree to follow #1128 to the river where the water is high and logs used to cross are washed away. Just follow the river downstream to a fallen cedar easy to cross (1/2 mile or less) then find the trail on the east side of the N fork Tieton. Go up river from there, down river takes you to a log jam with a bridge nailed into it and then a campground that looks like you can drive right to. maybe start your hike there if you can find it by car. Anyway, go up river until you run into a busy creek bed and the trail seems to fade away, thats because the trail starts up the mountain. the first 5 switchbacks are real steep, then it gets easier, 17 in all then you're at about 5000' with patches of snow with bigger patches of mosquitos. I jogged the trail about 1/3 of a mile, escaping the bugs, then turned around and and dropped down the 1700 foot climb in about 20 min. I saw no one on this trail on a sunday but there are easier ways to get where this trail goes. The campground next to the trail head is nice also. One fire pit has a rock wall built around it with nice seats made of rock. Looks like someone spent alot of time on it. No morels on the trip but I did find a few King boletes. Do this trail if you want solitude and a beautiful giant forest to roam, and want to get a good workout.