At the end of a not-very-difficult, 5-mile jaunt lies Spider Meadow. Just north of Lake Wenatchee, the hardest part of this hike/backpack is the final two miles of forest service road in the car. Highly recommend a high-clearance 4×4 vehicle, though with careful driving, a Subaru could make it.

I’ll let the photos speak for themselves, but it was a glorious mid-September weekend out there.