Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs.
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Adapted from Summitpost.org:
Nearest Town: Leavenworth/Plain
Uses: Mountaineering/Scrambling
Skill: 4
Fitness: 3
Access:
Drive US Highway 2 and turn north toward Lake Wenatchee. After the Wenatchee River bridge go right at a Y, then drive 1.1 miles on county road 22 and turn left on Chiwawa River forest road number 62. Drive 24 miles to near the end of the road and turn right on the Phelps Creek road. Drive to the end of this road to the trailhead. For the east approach, drive north from Wenatchee on the highway west of the Columbia River to Entiat. Turn west on the Entiat River road to the end. Hike the Entiat River trail No. 1400 for 8¼ miles to the Ice Creek trail. The Entiat River must be crossed on logs, and there may be a large log jam south of the trail if no log is present at the trail.
Leave It Better than You Found It. This should be every user’s goal. Pick up trash left by others, pull noxious weeds along your route, throw branches over unwanted spur trails, etc.
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