Ingalls Creek — Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013

Central Cascades > Blewett Pass

I've been itching for a snowfree hike with some good mountain views, maybe of the Stuart range.. so this fit the bill. The weather was most excellent at 70+ and blue skies for 90% of the hike with a brief drizzle and overcast period. The road to trailhead is paved (excellent), plenty of parking, no snow in sight. The trail has some sections of snow patchs but nothing too bad and only really one blowdown that is more difficult than others.. Lot of brush along the path right now so I'd advise against shorts like I was equipped with. We followed the trail and camped at Falls Creek. Campground is in good shape and the both Ingalls and Falls creek are flowing well. We wandered about a half mile past the camp, and its worth it to see the exposed Stuart range to the north and the brothers? to the south.. We scrambled up to the waterfall and to about 4k feet.. No visible snow on the southern exposed mountain faces.