Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula is home to one of the United States’ most unique national parks. It is often referred to as three parks in one, protecting glaciated mountain peaks, lush rainforests, salty kelp forests, and all the creatures that live in them. Circumnavigating the park via the major roads is a 6-hour journey of…
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Backpacking The Enchantments – Day 3
Backpacking The Enchantments in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a remarkably beautiful, but gruelingly difficult journey. The landscape is heavenly with gorgeous alpine lakes and jagged mountain peaks, not to mention the wonderful wildlife. Those who explore this remote area of Washington State find that neither the beauty of this place nor the challenge of…
Exploring The Enchantments Core Zone – Day 2
A journey on Washington State’s most iconic backpacking trail, called The Enchantments, is like stepping into paradise. Getting a permit for The Enchantments and climbing Aasgard Pass are both nearly overwhelming challenges but once you are inside the Core Zone you will not want to leave. It is a mountainous landscape full of gorgeous alpine…
Hiking Aasgard Pass to The Enchantments – Day 1
A journey through The Enchantments is remarkable and beautiful, but a grueling challenge. It is full of gorgeous alpine lakes with mountain top scenery as well as wonderful wildlife. It is an adventure where the beauty and the challenge of the trail simultaneously cannot be overstated. One of the biggest challenges is found when hiking…
Guide to The Enchantments, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
There is a place where jagged snow-covered peaks melt into reflective turquoise blue waters and where mountain goats will literally walk directly up to those who dare venture into their home turf. Sound enchanting? Well, that’s because it is, literally. This magical place is known as The Enchantments and it is consistently thought of as…
Visiting Palouse Falls Guide – The Washington State Waterfall
Walking to the edge and peering over at the official 198’ high Washington State Waterfall is rather miraculous. For miles and miles in every direction, there is nothing but farmland with rolling hills and dry drainages. There are signs that water carved this rolling green landscape but little is found in the area other than…