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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Enchantments Backpacking: Wrap

Some final photos of my trip. The Enchantments are truly a great experience. Huge granite mountains in the middle of the Cascades. Rugged hiking with route finding. Good campsites. Many toilets, if you’re into that kind of camping. Water galore. The hiking was tougher than climbing to 8,300 feet on Mount Jefferson, but well worth it.

#Backpacking #PNW #WashingtonState #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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d58ce0da | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e Amazing!  Thank you for all the pictures.  I'd love to make it to the Enchantments myself someday - sounds like quite an adventure.
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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3b216a92 My pleasure! I want to go back next year when the weather is nicer.
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Heidi | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e Just gorgeous photos!! Wow.
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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e24efd8d Thanks Heidi!
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58853dcc | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e truly wild and enchanting great photos
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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fed144e4 It’s like being on another planet. Thanks!
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58853dcc | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e good for the brain to get out there
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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fed144e4 Absolutely!
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e97c1643 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e It’s such a beautiful place. The landscape loos a lot like the Sierra. Thanks for sharing and the hard work! ^^
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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3b73b038 I’m just learning about this but there is a controversial theory in the geology world that the granite shifted from Baja California some 50 million years ago or something like that when the west coast was underwater.
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Mike | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e Great shots Andrew, looks like a really cool place to be
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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b7396b65 Thank you! It was pretty fun.
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7eb9ac2d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e @50698f08 some years ago we got a permit for upper snow lake and then dayhiked into the Enchantments. From the topos we thought that would be pretty easy. 

Narrator: it was not easy.

However, it was astonishingly beautiful.  A really special place.
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Andrew Briscoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fb9ad56b @50698f08 That’s exactly what I did. I was surprised how the trail changed after snow lakes.
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Anja-in-Wonderland | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c531994e Beautiful images 😊 Have a wonderful time ☀️