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In this paper, we extend the use of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB)method to near-infrared wavelengths from previously-used $I$-band, using the\textit{Hubble Space Telescope (HST)} Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Uponcalibration of a color dependency of the TRGB magnitude, the IR TRGB yields arandom uncertainty of $\sim 5%$ in relative distance. The IR TRGB methodologyhas an advantage over the previously-used ACS $F606W$ and $F814W$ filter setfor galaxies that suffer from severe extinction. Using the IR TRGB methodology,we obtain distances toward three principal galaxies in the Maffei/IC 342complex, which are located at low Galactic latitudes. New distance estimatesusing the TRGB method are 3.45$^{+0.13}_{-0.13}$ Mpc for IC 342,3.37$^{+0.32}_{-0.23}$ Mpc for Maffei 1 and 3.52$^{+0.32}_{-0.30}$ Mpc forMaffei 2. The uncertainties are dominated by uncertain extinction, especiallyfor Maffei 1 and Maffei 2. Our IR calibration demonstrates the viability of theTRGB methodology for observations with the \textit{James Webb Space Telescope(JWST)}.

Infrared Tip of the Red Giant Branch and Distances to the Maffei/IC 342 Group