The Enchantments, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Name: The Enchantments
Address: Alpine Lakes Wilderness, United States

#27 among attractions in Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Natural attraction, Protected area

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The Enchantments, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

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The Enchantments is a region within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area of Washington state's Cascade Mountain Range. At an elevation of 4,500 feet, it is home to over 700 alpine lakes and ponds surrounded by the vast peaks of Cashmere Crags, which rate among the best rock-climbing sites in the western United States. The highest peak, Dragontail Peak, stretches 8,840 feet high. The Enchantments is located 15 miles southwest of the popular Bavarian-themed town Leavenworth, Washington in the United States and is regarded as one of the most spectacular regions in the Cascade Range. ()

Alternative names: Length: 5 miDepth: 1400 ftCoordinates: 47°28'52"N, 120°48'14"W

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The Enchantments – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Stuart, Dragontail Peak, Argonaut Peak, Ice Cliff Glacier.

4.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Stuart, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
118 min walk • Mount Stuart is a mountain in the Cascade Range, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the second highest non-volcanic peak in the state, after Bonanza Peak and seventh-highest overall.
1.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dragontail Peak, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
35 min walk • Dragontail Peak, also known as Dragon Tail, is a mountain in the Stuart Range, in Chelan County, Washington. While climbing an adjacent peak, Lex Maxwell, Bob McCall, and Bill Prater remarked that the needles on the crest, southwest of the summit, resembled a "dragon tail".
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Argonaut Peak, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
71 min walk • Argonaut Peak is a tall mountain in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. Part of the Stuart Range part of the Wenatchee subrange of the Cascades, it is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Wenatchee National Forest and part of the region known as The Enchantments.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Ice Cliff Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
110 min walk • Ice Cliff Glacier is in Wenatchee National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington, in a cirque to the northeast of Mount Stuart.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Sherpa Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
103 min walk • Sherpa Glacier is.50 mi east of Mount Stuart and north of Sherpa Peak, in the U.S. state of Washington.
4.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Stuart Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
117 min walk • Stuart Glacier lies to the north of Mount Stuart, in the U.S. state of Washington. Stuart Glacier is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Wenatchee National Forest.
1.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Colchuck Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
42 min walk • Colchuck Glacier is in the Stuart Range immediately north of Colchuck Peak and Dragontail Peak, in the U.S. state of Washington. Colchuck Glacier is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Wenatchee National Forest.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Snow Creek Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
25 min walk • Snow Creek Glacier is located on Little Annapurna in the Stuart Range, U.S. state of Washington. Snow Creek Glacier is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Wenatchee National Forest and the Enchantment Lakes region.
0.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Aasgard Pass, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
21 min walk • Aasgard Pass, officially identified as Colchuck Pass, is a mountain pass on the east side of the Cascades in Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness southwest of Leavenworth.
4.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Wenatchee Mountains, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
118 min walk • The Wenatchee Mountains are a range of mountains in central Washington State, United States of America. A major subrange of the Cascade Range, extending east 50 miles from the Cascade crest, the Wenatchee Mountains separate the drainage basins of the Yakima River from the Wenatchee River.