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Overview

 Intro: This makes a great hike for late spring, or the fall, but is'nt as much of a summer hike due to it being dry.... or perhaps thats opinion. Well anyways, the hike it self is good. And when snow makes a nice glasade down.

Distance: 3 miles each way to Ingalls Pass, and if Longs Pass is added to the trip, its 7 miles round trip.... so it says.... the .5 miles feel like more!

Elevations: Ingalls Pass is 6,500 feet while Longs Pass is 6,250 feet.

Difficulty: Moderate

Getting there from Seattle:

Drive East on I-90 until you get to Teanaway (which is near Cle Elum which from there you turn onto highway 970 which will be on your left. After a few miles, you tunr onto Teanaway road which will be on your left. After a while, it turns into Teanaway River North Fork. Then it turns onto NFD 9737 which is still North Fork Teanaway River road. Avoid road 9703 and always try to stay on the main road, at the trailhead, if you do not see a sign mentioning Ingalls trailhead, your not at th right place, and also there's a bathroom.

The Hike: It starts out nice, along a old jeep road, until it gets to a fork, which one way goes to Esmeralda Basin, and another which goes to Ingalls Pass, be sure to take the one on your right, which goes East. After this fork, continue going up until you reach the next fork which the one on the right goes to Longs Pass, and the one on the Left goes to Ingalls Pass which Ingalls late and South Peak can be accessed through here, although I hear the North Summit is technicle. You can do this as a 1-2 day trip, depending on what fits your fancy. If you want to do both Longs and Ingalls Pass, it is best to start out on Longs Pass so that you can travell along the ridge going north which goes to Ingalls Pass, although only recommended if you have a map, or are good at route finding, or else you could hike back down to the juntion from Longs to Ingalls Pass.