48°31′N 120°39′WWASHINGTON PASS QUADRANGLEELEV. 5,477 FTCONTOUR INTERVAL 40 FT
Climbing
Washington

Rock and mountain climbing in Washington State, mapped: the crags, the peaks and the record of who first climbed them.

Section 04 · Enchantments

A basin named for its own scenery

The Alpine Lakes basin above Leavenworth — Prusik Peak, the Early Winters Spires, and the 1976 wilderness designation that changed who could go there.

Jagged rocky peak rises above golden larches and evergreen forest under clear sky
The Alpine Lakes Wilderness, designated in 1976, encloses nearly 400,000 acres of the central Cascades.
Photo: Ingalls Pass at Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington 26 · Wikimedia Commons
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Where they are
Mount BakerMount BakerMount ShuksanMount ShuksanLiberty BellLiberty BellEarly Winter SpiresEarly Winter SpiresForbidden PeakForbidden PeakDarringtonDarringtonThree O'Clock RockThree O'Clock RockMount ErieMount ErieIndexIndexGlacier PeakGlacier PeakPrusik PeakPrusik PeakSnow Creek WallSnow Creek WallCastle RockCastle RockPeshastin PinnaclesPeshastin PinnaclesMount StuartMount StuartExit 38Exit 38Frenchman CouleeFrenchman CouleeRoyal ColumnsRoyal ColumnsMount RainierMount Rainier
How to read this map
Enchantments — this sectionThe other four sectionsGraticule at two-degree spacing
Numbers match the key below — hover any marker for its name
One of the nineteen places on this site sits in Enchantments, plotted at its real coordinates.
  1. 01Early Winter Spires
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