PeanutButter

I would like to go up to The Tooth sometime next week. Whats the easiest, safe, overall best way to get to Pineapple Pass? I was thinking it might be easyest to hike up the Alpental ski slope then try to somehow traverse over to it, but I am not very familiar with the area. Can it be easily reached from Alpental this time of year? Thanks for any info.