This year’s season finale was the classic Enchantments thru-hike. We left one car at the Colchuck Lake trailhead, then returned to the Snow Lake trailhead to begin our trek. Dave, Wayne, Will and I made our way steadily higher and higher until we stopped for lunch near Prusik Pass. A chipmunk tried his best to steal Wayne’s cookies. From there, we briefly split up. Dave and I made the short jaunt up to Gnome Tarn, while Wayne and Will made the much more strenuous side trip to Little Annapurna. Wayne called us on his two-way radio from the top as we made our way through the Upper Enchantments.

The top of Aasgard Pass was freezing cold. I put on all my warm stuff, and Dave continued down to Colchuck Lake to get warm. I was happy when Wayne and Will caught up so I could get moving again.

Colchuck Lake was very low, and we were able to walk along the shore. As always, it was good to finally see the car again after such a long bash. We had some burgers at Gustav’s in Leavenworth to celebrate another great hiking season.

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