Just outside of Leavenworth, WA, is one of the nation’s most coveted outdoor recreation areas – the Enchantments, Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Thousands of people apply for overnight permits to the Enchantments every year and only a fraction receive them (we literally had a group of 10 apply for permits and no one received them).
The only person I know who scored a permit was for the last weekend of permit season October 31! Continue Reading
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