{"id":4977,"date":"2015-06-19T16:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T23:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=4977"},"modified":"2015-06-19T16:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T23:45:11","slug":"enchantment-lakes-grey-granites-clear-watr-and-yellow-larches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=4977","title":{"rendered":"Enchantment Lakes &#8211; grey granites, clear water and yellow larches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/Pan_3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every hiker in Washington state knows Enchantment Lakes. I got this info only last fall and immediately decided to visit this place. The problem with Enchantment Lakes is their popularity. It is long hike, about 40 km both ways and 2100 meters of altitude gain, so better to spend night on the lakes. But you should get permit by lottery for this. Good thing that is after October 15 you don&#8217;t need permit.<br \/>\nWe decided to do this hike on the closest weekend after October 15, but finally we got only Sunday and decided to do it in one day.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nSunday early morning we started our hike. First, to Nada Lake, and without stop to Snow Lake.<br \/>\nIt was very low water in Snow Lake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/Pan_1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From Snow Lake very step ascent to first of Enchantment Lakes, Vivien Lake.<br \/>\nView from edge of Vivien Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/Pan_2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And back from the same point:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4714_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vertical granite banks and larches. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4716_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From lake to lake by granite fields among yellow larches. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4729_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4730_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4735_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4738_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4739_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4741_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4743_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4746_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4749_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lakes flow into other lake by spring and waterfall on clear granites. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4748_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4751_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4753_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4754_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"634\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4756_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4757_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4758_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4759_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4763_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4769_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"651\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4770_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4772_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4775_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/DSC_4731_enchanment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Magnificent place! Definitely worth more visits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/canadaru.net\/bufo_storage\/Blog_photo\/2014\/WA_travel\/Enchanment%20Lakes\/Pan_3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every hiker in Washington state knows Enchantment Lakes. I got this info only last fall and immediately decided to visit this place. The problem with Enchantment Lakes is their popularity. It is long hike, about 40 km both ways and 2100 meters of altitude gain, so <span style=\"color:#777\"> . . . &rarr; Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=4977\">Enchantment Lakes &#8211; grey granites, clear water and yellow larches<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[448,344,317,327],"tags":[489,346,350,321,406],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}