The Enchantments

Name: The Enchantments
Address: US

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.

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Distance 29 km Reported · Ascent provisional (DEM sample) · High point provisional (DEM sample) · 1d · SAC T4 · Ungraded (schematic ingest)

Last checked 2026-11-02

Cite this record

The Hiking World, The Enchantments, read 2026-11-02, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/the-enchantments

How we verify · last checked 2026-11-02

Byline

The Hiking World editorial team · author

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

Forecast at page generation, 2026-11-07T10:03:31.779Z

Representative point on The Enchantments: 47.544°, -120.710°, about 1046 m. A forecast, not a trail-surface reading.

At generation: 7°C, Clear.

2026-11-07 Rain, 5–10°C, 3 mm
2026-11-08 Light snow, 0–6°C, 3 mm
2026-11-09 -1–6°C, 0 mm

Source Open-Meteo. Mountain weather changes with elevation and aspect.

Life-safety notices on this page come from the issuer.

Sourced record

Verified and reported stay in separate blocks. A section with no source is left out. How we verify.

Permits and fees are shown once, from the permit record.

Stored line for The Enchantments, from 47.528°, -120.821° to 47.544°, -120.710°. The drawing is the simplified record, not a surveyed GPS track.

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GeoJSON

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 · read 2026-09-23 · editorial

Ascentnot published

Cumulative ascent not published — stored line geometry is too coarse for a reliable DEM figure.

Descentnot published

High point1,046 m

copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional

Low point417 m

copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional

Routepoint-to-point

Days1

Seasonunverified

GradeUngraded (schematic ingest)

Catalog entry

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.

Elevation

Stored distance is 29 km. The chart axis follows the DEM sample (8.54 km), not the published line length.

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.

Permits & fees

Conditions, fees and rules change. Confirm with the issuer and local authorities before you go. This is a reference, not a substitute for local advice. Terms

Permit: Enchantments permit
Booking: required
Issuer: U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Permits and fees for this year · Permit cost

Permits and fees

We are not the issuer. Fees and rules change — confirm with the issuer before you pay. Issuer page.

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

Permit	Cost	Quota / restriction	Issuer	Source	Checked
Recreation.gov application feeVerified	$6 USD	Advanced lottery (Feb–Mar) + daily geofence; zone-specific overnight quotas (Core, Colchuck, Snow, Stuart, Eightmile).	U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest	Issuer page	Verified 2026-11-02 vs U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Overnight permit feeVerified	$5 USD per person per day (15 May–31 Oct)	Advanced lottery (Feb–Mar) + daily geofence; zone-specific overnight quotas (Core, Colchuck, Snow, Stuart, Eightmile).	U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest	Issuer page	Verified 2026-11-02 vs U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

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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).

Getting there

No sourced gateway chain yet.

Getting there car-free

Stuart Lake TH: car-free flag unknown.
Snow Lakes TH: car-free flag unknown.

Trailheads

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

Questions

Do I need a permit for The Enchantments?

A permit is listed as required for The Enchantments: Enchantments permit. Status: Verified.

How much is the The Enchantments permit?

Recreation.gov application fee: $6 USD (U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, verified 2026-11-02). Status: Verified. Overnight permit fee: $5 USD per person per day (15 May–31 Oct) (U.S. Forest Service (USFS) — Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, verified 2026-11-02). Status: Verified.