Indian Creek Teanaway Community Forest

We headed up the North Fork Teanaway Road to explore around Indian Creek.  We were able to park off the road without blocking the gate. We created a loop using our gps and topo map. We hiked 5.6 miles with 950 ft of gain overall. The areas with snow was firm but not icy so we did not use our snowshoes our traction today.

We headed northeastward around a knoll, making our way through the forest.

We were hoping to get some views of Mt Stuart, and we occasionally had a few glimpses over and thought the trees.

We saw several animal prints in the snow, including this large cat print.

We found a lovely pond.

The trees prevented us from seeing the peaks to the north and east.
We made our way over to what we think was Wetland Jack Road and up to a ridge of 3405'.










We had a glimpse of Mt Stuart and Ingalls peaks.

Further along this ridge, we found this large rock formation.

We decided not to descend down the south slope here, as it was very steep.

When we headed back down a bit on the ridge, we could see Mt Rainer to the southwest!
















zoom of Rainier

Part way down the ridge, we looked for an alternate way down off the ridge to Indian Creek and took a lunch break in a sunny meadow.

As we descended down this slope, we saw a small waterfall.

Along the closed Indian Creek Road.

Although there weren't views in the valley of Indian Creek, it was nice to be hiking in the sun under blue skies!

Back on the main road, we had a nice view of Mt Stuart.