{"id":17,"date":"2016-09-13T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overachiever.blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:18:04","slug":"enchantments-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/overachiever.blog\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"Enchantments &#8211; 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This summer, my brother, his son, and my oldest son, and I decided to do a hike-through tour of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Enchantments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Enchantments<\/a> \u2013 which Wikipedia describes thusly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Enchantments is regarded as one of the most spectacular locations in the Cascade Range.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my estimation, Wikipedia is <strong>underplaying The Enchantments quite a bit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Grueling Hike \u2013 But Well Worth It<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s easy to get to and even hike into the Enchantments \u2013 but permits to camp are allocated on a lottery basis every year. And, since we didn\u2019t have a permit, we decided to do the entire 22 mile hike in a single day \u2013 which is a bit of a beast when you count in the 4500+ feet of elevation you\u2019ll pick up during some parts of this hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s what the hike looked like from my Fitbit\u2019s perspective (note the number of stairs it estimated \u2013 thanks to the huge ascent we took up Aasgard Pass):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3to9blog.overachiever.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/enchantments_fitbit.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3to9blog.overachiever.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/enchantments_fitbit_thumb.gif\" alt=\"enchantments_fitbit\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.4586374695863747;width:754px;height:auto\" title=\"enchantments_fitbit\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Triple4KBackgrounds<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otherwise, I\u2019ve uploaded <strong>just a couple<\/strong> of the gorgeous Panoramas I was able to take on this trip &#8211; in case anyone wants them as #<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.overachiever.net\/category\/triple4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">triple4k<\/a> backgrounds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/d.pr\/i\/1iIFA\/4fRGsvqh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3to9blog.overachiever.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ColchuckLake_LookingTowardsAasgard_Small.jpg\" alt=\"ColchuckLake_LookingTowardsAasgard_Small\" width=\"2052\" height=\"437\"><\/a><br>Colchuck Lake \u2013 Looking towards Aasgard Pass (which is just to the left of that massive block of granite right in the center of this pic).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/d.pr\/i\/1iZ7Y\/5bWYQNrY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3to9blog.overachiever.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UpperEnchantments_WatermelonSnow_Small.jpg\" alt=\"UpperEnchantments_WatermelonSnow_Small\" width=\"2052\" height=\"440\"><\/a><br>Some \u2018watermelon\u2019 snow in the upper Enchantments (with little Annapurna left-of-center in the background).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/d.pr\/i\/1eoRc\/3r06vOxs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3to9blog.overachiever.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BackOfDragonTail_Small.jpg\" alt=\"BackOfDragonTail_Small\" width=\"2052\" height=\"443\"><\/a><br>The back-side of Dragontail Peak (with the summit of Aasgard Pass right in the center of the image).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, my brother, his son, and my oldest son, and I decided to do a hike-through tour of the Enchantments \u2013 which Wikipedia describes thusly: The Enchantments is regarded as one of the most spectacular locations in the Cascade Range. 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