Garrett posted on January 06, 2010 23:03
Since hearing about this pass we wanted to trek over it. We tried early in June from the Chelan side after camping at 25 mile creek.
This road is not difficult but extremely rewarding with the views!
Uh oh! There’s still snow on the road.
Point of go-no-further… wet snow on top of mud, three amigos brightly shining and solo, yeah, not gonna do it.
So we waited exactly two weeks and decided to camp on the Entiat side of the pass…
Then it was off to tackle Shady.
The forest changes quickly and dramatically between burnt to a crisp and very lush.
Total time over the pass was about 3 hours, you could do this faster, but I would ask you… why?
A hidden nugget that some of the locals literally told me not to share is Silver Falls. It’s up the Entiat near the entrance to Shady Pass and has a great 1.5 mi kid-friendly hiking trail. Enjoy, and please don’t tell anybody else. ;-)
