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03 094 Rainier Horizontal Spire the Flagpole Pennant Peak (266k)
Looking South from The Chessmen approach one sees Mount Rainier, Horizontal Spire, Flagpole Needle, Pennant Peak and Little Annapurna. Three years later in 1977 the climbers returned to do the South face (near vertical left skyline) of Little Annapurna. The exciting twist was that the climb started on the summit and included multiple rappels down to reach the base of the South Face route. The Enchantments - July 1974.
03 095 Rudi M climbs on The Knight on Chessman traverse (296k)
The term "Leavenworth Rock Rat" describes a particular personality that displays unusual traits like: Carrying heavy equipment that is never all used; Spending the whole day in the open without water, food or shade; Following dead end trails; Wearing off their finger prints on sharp abrasive rock; Wearing uncomfortably tight, smooth soled and then jamming their feet into cracks; Climbing up rock they can't climb down.
03 096 High Priest from Hepzibah Blop on Temple Ridge (235k)
The High Priest leans attentively eastward; like a guardian high above the Lower Enchantment Lakes Basin. The caricature appears to be the result of giant's play with building blocks. ALW.
03 097 Flagpole Needles from Little Annapurna. (268k)
03 098 Temple Ridge from Little Annapurna. (214k)
03 099 Mist Pond and Aasgard Pass from Witches Tower (253k)
From the top of the Witches Tower, this view sees Mist Pond on the brink of The Aasgard. The backdoor approach to the Enchantments; The route climbs nearly 4400ft most in the last mile.
03 100 The Witchs Tower from Aasgard Pass. (162k)
03 101 Colchuck Lk from Dragontail Peak. (177k)
03 102 Langley Group at Leprechaun Lake. (257k)
03 103 Prusik Pk W Ridge Route on Skyline Left. (178k)
03 104 Chris H on W Ridge of Prusik Peak Enchantments (275k)
A fitting end to this Enchantments trip in 1974, with the help from a Canadian Outward Bound Guide, the climbers did the classic West Ridge route on the fabled Prusik Peak. Alpine Lakes.
03 106 Lk Viviane and McClellan Ridge from Prusik Peak (240k)
This is the view of Lk Viviane and McClellan Peak from the summit of Prusik Pk. The climbers noticed that after the one week stay in the Enchantments, Lk Viviane is now nearly free of ice.
03 107 Prusik Peak from near Gnome Tarn Sept 64 (175k)
This is the classic view of Prusik Peak from near Gnome Tarn. It was during this first trip to the Enchantments Lakes Basin 1964 that I met Bill Stark and bought one of his maps. Of all the Enchantment theme names that Stark had used and Beckey later published, only a few have been formally adopted by the U.S. Geological Survey(USGS), Geographic Names Information System(GNIS) or the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
03 108 Prusik Peak from Lake Viviane June 74 (250k)
Prusik Peak and The Boxtop rise above the shores of Lk Viviane. The light color of the granite gives the precipices and crags a seemingly white color when seen from a distance. June1974.
03 109 Chris H hikes out Biforst Arm below Temple Ridge (286k)
The Enchantments exit is over Biforst Arm at the top of Sylvester's high route. A. H. Sylvester was Wenatchee Forest Supervisor from 1908 to 1931 and named many features in the area. 74
03 109m Enchantment Basin Map. (940k)
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