The Enchantments are outside Leavenworth, Washington with two trailheads on the Icicle Road. We planned to enter on the Stuart Lake trailhead and exit on the Snow Lakes trailhead after traversing the Enchantments - a total distance of about 20 miles. This requires the climbing of Aasgard Pass (a name that sends shivers down the spine of many Northwest hikers) and then a leisurely downhill jaunt through the various lakes to our exit point.
There were three of us hiking (Jack, Ken, and Mike) and we left two cars at the exit trailhead (Mike was leaving on Wednesday and Ken and I were hiking out on Thursday) and all piled into Ken's car to head to our starting point.
On arriving at the Stuart Lake trailhead on the Sunday before Labor Day we managed to find a parking spot for the car:
The weather was beautiful and the trail soft:
We were still smiling even when reaching our first rockfall to climb over:
More friendly trail:
And eventually camp near Colchuck Lake after just 5 miles or so:
The view of Colchuck Lake was impressive. That's Aasgard Pass (Monday morning's challenge) in the middle of the photo and Dragontail Mountain on the right:
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