We hiked up Icicle Ridge, that’s just above the town of Leavenworth WA. Don’t let the name fool you. It’s an excellent early season hike that offers us what we have been missing during the winter: a good time in the sun (this being the sunny side of the Cascades, a bountiful array of wildflowers, and stunning views of Icicle Canyon and the Wenatchee and Icicle rivers and surrounding mountains.And with relatively little pain - an 1,800 foot gain in 2.5 miles as opposed to the neighboring Fourth of July trail that also leads hikers to a higher point on Icicle Ridge in a grueling 4,300 vertical foot march. We will be back again and again.
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