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The Enchantments

Schematic Stuart Lake trailhead to Snow Lakes trailhead. Not a GPS track. Aasgard Pass was not resolved, so the alpine high is unknown. Trailhead DEM 1,044 m is not this trail's high. Wikidata Q10315840.

Last verified 2026-09-23 vs U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Byline

  • The Hiking World editorial · author

    Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.

Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.

Permits and fees

Quota / restriction: Advanced lottery (Feb–Mar) + daily geofence; zone-specific overnight quotas (Core, Colchuck, Snow, Stuart, Eightmile).

PermitCostQuota / restrictionIssuerSourceVerified
Lottery application feeOfficial source$6 USD—Not recordedIssuer pageVerified 2026-09-23 vs Not recorded
Per-person/per-night feeOfficial sourcevaries by zoneStatutory local figure. Dated USD conversion: not recorded.—Not recordedIssuer pageVerified 2026-09-23 vs Not recorded
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This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON

Facts47.528, -120.821
Distance29 km*
editorial thru-hike cited ~18 mi; schematic — not walking distance · 2026-09-23 · editorial · provisional
Ascent+0 m*
unresolved — Aasgard Pass pin missing; 0 is not a measured ascent · 2026-09-23 · provisional
Descent0 m*
one-way stored; alpine profile unresolved · 2026-09-23 · provisional
High point1,044 m*
copernicus-dem:glo-30 at Stuart Lake TH only — trailhead, NOT Aasgard / alpine high · 2026-09-23 · dem · provisional
Low point414 m*
copernicus-dem:glo-30 Snow Lakes TH · 2026-09-23 · dem · provisional
Routepoint-to-point
Days1
Seasonunverified
GradeSAC T4 · YDS 3

Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog

DifficultyUngraded (schematic ingest)
SAC T4
Alpine hiking. Sometimes pathless; exposure and simple climbing terrain.
YDS Class 3
Class 3. Scrambling with increased exposure; a fall could be serious.

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OpenStreetMap pins only (ODbL): Stuart Lake Trailhead node 11298873822, Snow Lakes Trailhead node 1666358934. The alpine traverse was not drawn.

Thru-hike with a car shuttle. Pin spacing is not walking distance.

Aasgard Pass was not a named OSM node in this pass and was not invented. 1,044 m is the Stuart Lake trailhead DEM, not the alpine high. Ascent is 0 because the pass pin is missing.

Water

No water sources recorded.

Surface

Surface is not recorded. This field is filled only from an OSM surface tag, not from the grade.

Permits & fees

Permit
Enchantments permit

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Getting there

No sourced gateway chain yet.

Trailheads

  • Stuart Lake TH car-free: unknown
  • Snow Lakes TH car-free: unknown

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Hazards

  • Aasgard Pass is unresolved. Do not read 1,044 m as the Enchantments high.
  • Overnight quotas are zone-specific (Core, Colchuck, Snow, Stuart, Eightmile).

Questions

Do I need a permit for The Enchantments?

A permit is listed as required for The Enchantments: Enchantments permit. Status on this record is an official source.

How much is the The Enchantments permit?

Lottery application fee: $6 USD (Not recorded, verified 2026-09-23). Status: verified-official. Per-person/per-night fee: varies by zone (Not recorded, verified 2026-09-23). Status: verified-official.

The Enchantments permit quota and booking

Advanced lottery (Feb–Mar) + daily geofence; zone-specific overnight quotas (Core, Colchuck, Snow, Stuart, Eightmile).

How difficult is The Enchantments?

The Enchantments is graded SAC T4 · YDS 3. A sourced hazard on this record: Aasgard Pass is unresolved. Do not read 1,044 m as the Enchantments high.

How long is The Enchantments?

This figure is 29 km (provisional): a schematic straight-line estimate between waypoints — not a measured walking distance; published figures are the better guide. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail

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