6/8, Saturday. Partly sunny. 4 of us met at Eastgate PR at 7am, and picked up the 5th at North Bend. 
We are doing a modified version of Miller Peak Loop in the Teanaway. We start at the Miller Peak / Iron Bear trailhead ~9am, crossed the bridge on Iron Bear trail. Follow for a very short distance along Miller Creek, we climbed straight up the ridge leading to Miller Peak. Only about 10 minutes bushwhacking got us out of most trees. Scramble along the ridge. In less than 30 minutes, we were already trying to negotiate the first rock peak. Easy to get up, harder to come down with slippery side slopes on most of these. After a few small peaks, I followed the trail for less than a mile to the 6400-foot summit of Miller. Along the way, flowers galore. 
Notably along rocky ridges' arid slopes, a variety of flowers unknown to me, including this puffy one.. A lot of buckwheat of different colors, balsamroot, lomatium, lupine (a couple of them very purple), different penstemons, some Death Camas, Jacob's Ladder, Lewisia Rediviva, maybe Lewisia Columbiana, a couple of Scarlet Gilia. Maybe saw one Henderson's Fawn Lily. 
Douglasia Nivalis is the highlight today, endemic to Wenatchee mountains. Many of these little peaks we embarked on have sweeping view of the surroundings: Stuart, Enchantments, Rainier, Adams, Goat Rocks, logging roads and clear cuts. Soon we were hearing and then seeing ATVs. We also walked by or on a couple of ant hills.
Finally our ridge scramble intersects Miller Peak trail, so I took it all the way, maybe ~1 mile. Much easier, but no more solitude. At Miller Peak, a guy with ham radio was broadcasting loudly non-stop. 
A lot of people here, a few trail runners. Storm was looming close by, and some hail landed on us. Chilly. Elevation ~6400'. An hour long lunch break, partly waiting for Papermoon and Stephanie. Papermoon and Lesley brought some stuff animals, and here they are in the photo.
We scrambled down east (was steep and loose) and then south along the ridge separating Chelan and Kittitas Counties. There's a County Line trail, and some logging road, which we took from time to time. Only one short stretch (on the trail) was steep. About 2.5mi, we are below the unmarked, flattish and more meadowy 5510-foot Jester Mountain. The clouds also cleared up in the 2.5 miles. Found a geocache tube here. There were still 2 small snow patches, can make a good camp area before they disappear. Underwhelming. View is half obscured by trees.
Next, a short step to the SW (still atop the ridge) landed us on Iron Bear. It's more rocky, so better view. We met Hillary from Leavenworth who id-ed some flowers for me, including Douglasia Nivalis. She's going to camp tonight all by herself and her quiet dog.
To descend, we scramble down the western ridge of Iron Bear, to the confluence of the north and south forks of Bear Creek. Just below Iron Bear, on the slippery slope, I saw a couple of small dark red lomatium, could be Lomatium Cuspidatum. There was also a small lovely meadow. Quite a long steep descent, often on loose sand or rocks. Had to wait for Stephanie multiple times. Then in the trees bushwhacking. Good way of getting ticks. Once on the trail, it's an easy 1-1.5 mile out. Encountered ATV riders again. Reached the trailhead shortly after 7pm.The group decided to dine at a Mexican restaurant in Cle Elum and drink magarita. We were back to Eastgate PR shortly before 10pm, but I had to wait 40 minutes for bus 554 to Seattle, as it runs only once an hour in the evening.
