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Enchantments and Colchuck Lake

Hail storm boiling down Colchuck Col
Image of Hail storm boiling down Colchuck Col
Ball of hail from storm
Image of Ball of hail from storm
Date: 2006/07/05 to 2006/07/07
Trip type: hike
Elevation gain: approx. 4,315 feet
USGS quad: Enchantment Lakes
In area: Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Car-to-car time: 2 days 1 hour 30 minutes
  • 2 hours 1 minute driving there (I-5/520/I-405/522/Hwy 2) from Lower Queen Anne to Leavenworth
  • 30 minutes driving there from Leavenworth to Colchuck Lake trailhead
  • 4 hours 38 minutes ascending from Colchuck Lake trailhead to south side of Colchuck Lake
  • 3 hours 22 minutes ascending from south side of Colchuck Lake to top of Aasgard Pass
  • 3 hours 39 minutes descending from top of Aasgard Pass to south side of Colchuck Lake
  • 2 hours 32 minutes descending from south side of Colchuck Lake to Colchuck Lake trailhead
  • 3 hours 18 minutes driving back (some traffic) from Hwy 2 and I-5 to Lower Queen Anne
Dragontail Peak over Colchuck Lake
Image of Dragontail Peak over Colchuck Lake
Evening light on Dragontail Peak
Image of Evening light on Dragontail Peak
Evening light on Dragontail Peak over Colchuck Lake
Image of Evening light on Dragontail Peak over Colchuck Lake
East side of Dragontail Peak
Image of East side of Dragontail Peak
South side of Cannon Mountain
Image of South side of Cannon Mountain
West side of Enchantment Peak
Image of West side of Enchantment Peak
Sarah descending snow slope
Image of Sarah descending snow slope
NW side of Little Annapurna
Image of NW side of Little Annapurna
Sarah descending Aasgard Pass
Image of Sarah descending Aasgard Pass
Jabberwocky Tower (?) from Aasgard Pass
Image of Jabberwocky Tower (?) from Aasgard Pass
Evening light on Dragontail Peak
Image of Evening light on Dragontail Peak
Morning light on Colchuck Peak from Colchuck Lake
Image of Morning light on Colchuck Peak from Colchuck Lake
Axis Peak from south side of Colchuck Lake
Image of Axis Peak from south side of Colchuck Lake
Colchuck Peak from Colchuck Lake
Image of Colchuck Peak from Colchuck Lake
Copyright © 2006 Gabriel Deal.