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The Enchantments
From the Stuart Lake Trail, the route enters the Alpine Lakes Wilderness through forest, creek crossings, and gradually rougher alpine terrain before reaching Colchuck Lake, a striking first landmark set below Colchuck Peak and Dragontail Peak, with Aasgard Pass rising steeply above the far shore as the natural gateway into the Enchantments.
After Aasgard Pass, the trail opens into a high granite basin where the lakes become the main thread of the journey: Isolation Lake appears first in the upper basin, followed by the clearer, more intricate chain of Inspiration Lake, Perfection Lake, Leprechaun Lake, and Lake Viviane, all surrounded by polished slabs, larch groves, streams, waterfalls, and landmark summits such as Little Annapurna, McClellan Peak, and Prusik Peak.
The route then leaves the Core Enchantments on the Snow Lakes side, descending past the broad waters of Snow Lakes and onward to Nada Lake, where the scenery gradually shifts from open alpine rock and cascades to a long forested valley leading toward the Snow Lakes Trailhead, one of the main access points to this protected and permit-managed wilderness area.
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- Distance: 18.2 mi
- Elevation gain: 4,928 ft
- Maximum elevation: 7,818 ft
- Elevation loss: 6,969 ft
- Minimum elevation: 1,325 ft
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Trail profile
- Distance: 18.2 mi
- Elevation gain: 4,928 ft
- Maximum elevation: 7,818 ft
- Elevation loss: 6,969 ft
- Minimum elevation: 1,325 ft
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About this trail
Name: The Enchantments trail, distance, elevation, map, profile, GPS track
Start: Stuart Lake Trail, Chelan County, Washington, United States (47.52775 -120.82094)
Coordinates: 47.47695 -120.84400 47.54416 -120.70688
Topography: Chelan County topographic map, elevation, terrain
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