Enchantment Lakes

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A.H. Sylvester who explored the area for the forest service in the early part of the 20th century wrote the following after one of his explorations:
"I found 5 or 6 most beautiful small lakes grouped in a wonderful glacial valley all ringed with alpine larch. From the highest lake over an entrancing fall tumbled the water it received from a small glacier. It was an entrancing scene. I named the group 'Enchantment Lakes'."

Many of Washington's highest peaks are found in the Enchantment area, including: Dragontail, Colchuck, Cannon, Enchantment Peak(s), Cashmere, Argonaut, Little Annapurna, McClellan, and Prusik. But it was the lakes that started the stampede of the masses up into the Enchantment area. The lakes are everywhere and can dominate your Enchantment experience, even if you are a die hard peak bagger.

There are two ways into the area via either Snow Creek Trailhead (10 miles and 6000 vert feet of elevation) and Colchuck Lake/Aarsgard Pass (6 miles and 6000 vert feet of elevation), both from Leavenworth, WA.