TIPS for Backpacking and Hiking THE ENCHANTMENTS | Washington State
In this video I’ll be detailing five major tips that we learned from our Enchantments Backpacking Trip. This was the third time I’d been in the Enchantments, and each time I took away something.. Something I’d do over again, or something I’d change. So I created this list to hopefully aid you in having a successful trip yourself!
Five Tips:1.) What trailhead to begin at (Colchuck/Stuart or Snow Lakes). 2.) How to get from trailhead to trailhead and then back to your vehicle after completing the through hike.
3.) Keeping the Bugs off Your Back.4.) Aasgard Pass
5.) Knowing your route.
-At the end I give seven, 10-second quick tips that provide some more information!
I hope this information helps you have a fantastic trip! If you haven’t seen it already, I recently completed a six video series detailing our entire backpacking trip through the Enchantments. The videos can be found here:
Full Youtube Enchantments Playlist:
Roadtrip to the Enchantments:
Hiking to Stuart Lake and Colchuck Lake:
Climbing Aasgard Pass:
Hiking the Core Zone to Leprechaun Lake:
Leprechaun Lake to Snow Lakes:
Snow Lakes to Nada Lake and Back to the Car:
Here’s the article I mentioned about the mountaineering guide who glissaded into the waterfall hole and dug his way out: lessons-learned-2013-glissading-into-a-30-foot-hole-in-aasgard-pass
As always, thanks everyone for watching this video. I can’t say enough how much I appreciate the support and feedback that everyone gives. Be sure to subscribe to the channel, comment, and drop a thumbs up. We’ll see ya on the next one. -Danny
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came up here a few months and go and got lost, i was supposed to take a right at the snow lake sign but went straight and walked all the way down shield lake being misled but rock piles and turned this 11 hour hike into a 23 hour hike!!! don't be like me do your research before starting a hike
Awesome footage, thanks for sharing!
great video thanks for making it. you did a great job putting this together!
Easy to miss the stay to the left tip…both going up and down…Guard your Ass Guard…
Thanks for all the advice and great vid, definitely prepared me for the hike. Will go back to tackle aasgard.😈
Great stuff. Really appreciate the insights and tips and covering things that at the end of the day, make or break you. Thank you.
Super informative video and lot of great tips. Some friends and I were lucky enough to score a Core Enchantments pass for late June this year and so we will probably have similar weather to what you experienced. We are wondering how much snow you had to hike through and whether or not you ever had to camp in snow. Thanks!
Can you do the hike in mid May and still get to see all the beauty? Not sure if snow is melted by that time or not!
We have a snow lake permit for June 3,4,5 and 6th night.. Can we still hike from Stuart Lake Trailhead to camp at upper snow lake. Or could we hike only from the snowzone trail head with this permit ? Also what date in June 2020 did you do this video ? So that I know how much snow to expect during our trip.
This was very helpful and I've hiked through the enchantments a couple times. Thanks for sharing!
Great video and good information.
Great video! We have a permit for August. I wonder if the bugs will be as bad then. Secondly I noticed in the video there was snow in the summer. Did you need microspikes.
Tip one: Bring poles.
The chances of winning the Enchantments permit lottery are like your chances of winning the Mega Millions. It has clearly become very popular now. I got the permit back-to-back years in 2012-2013. I've been applying every year, and never won again. 🙁
I discovered this video from your post on AllTrails. It's so helpful! Thank you so much.
Beautiful scenery and great video quality! Thanks for sharing! Found your video from your trail review on the alltrails website. Good stuff.
Hi there! What time of year did you backpack the enchantments?
Thanks for sharing. Have you done eight mile? I have a permit for that in August, and I know I cant camp near Colchuck but thought about doing Eight mile and Mt Cashmire or just doing eight mile camping a couple nights then using my 4th night as my enchantments pass to tackle Colchuck and Asgard pass. Thoughts on just making my pass work for 4 days, or should i wait until i can get a permit for the other zones?
Thanks and great video!
We won the lottery! Great video!
I have two questions. first just want to confirm, you don't have to have a permit if you do this in a day hike correct?
And 2nd, how would you recommend getting back to my vehicle at the trailhead once I finish the hike. Are there transportation systems or taxis around the area or what?
how well defined was the trail? Could you navigate through the trail without GPS or a map?
Hike your own hike means choose the trailhead that best suits the person. There is no "best way" bc people are not robots. Example: for those spending several days and not climatised to the elevation, the lower elevation trail head allows more time to acclimatize. For those good with elevation but who prefer to knock out the tough part (the big rocky/snowy pass*) first, the higher, Stuart Lakes trailhead may be preferred.
* time of year matters.
#1 tip: The Core Zone is Not a hike, but actually a ROCK SCRAMBLE. Be prepared for scrambling (slow, dangerous on ice, etc) and everything else is relatively easy.