Our Hardest Hike Ever // The Enchantments, Leavenworth Washington 

I am turning 60 this year and wants to day-hike through the enchantments before I turn 61. I am watching a lot of videos of through-hikes, and came across yours. What an inspiration and encouragement for us empty nesters! This is not impossible but just extremely challenging. Thank you!

Such a great hike. You have just about everything on that one

Super impressed that the two of you were able to complete this as a day hike. It's no joke and this hike is a pretty significant step up in terms of difficulty from other hikes you have posted. I did it at this time last year with my 23 year old daughter so I can really appreciate what it's like. I believe you both are bit older than I am, so you really are an inspiration and it helps curb that fear we all have as we get older "Will I be able to continue doing this..." Thank you for posting!

This video literally made me cry!! I hiked to Colchuck Lake and back last summer, and it was very difficult but the best hike of my life. Thanks for letting me see what the rest of the trail looks like, it's absolutely stunning! The earth displays the glory of God! I'm amazed at anyone who completes The Enchantments in a day, and you two rocked it. This video was so well put together, peaceful and entertaining too. Now I have to go back and watch more of your videos!

Did this hike but started from the east side and went west towards Asgaurd. Such an amazing hike!

That is the most amazing day hike I have ever seen! I am in awe of you both. It was so stunningly beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Hi, I have not even finished watching the complete video and I just want to say that I love it, here I am on bed trying to heal from an ankle injury and your video makes me want to do the enchantments again.

Thank you, so nice to see the trails we built and worked on close to 50 years ago. Yes the descents out either way are difficult from the upper lakes.

I backpacked into the Core Zone for my 60th birthday. That was 15 years ago. I hope to do the whole hike this year on my 75th. We started at the Snow Lake trailhead and got chased out by a big storm so this time I hope to complete it from the other end, the way you did it. I admire your determination and really enjoyed your camera work. It helps when the weather cooperates!

Impressive feat with awesome views. Well done!

Wow! Thank you for sharing this incredible thru hike, you did an amazing job hiking it and also filming it. Stunningly beautiful and you captured it in a way I don't see many other vloggers do it. I really "felt" the trail and how beautiful and HARD it is. I love that you celebreated each lake along the way, even Snow Lakes and Nada which I feel get hardly any love because by the time you get to them you're exhausted!

I'm in pretty decent hiking shape but man that those boulder fields look brutal.

Amazing! You guys are beasts!

Wow! Just incredible and inspiring! My buddies and I did Aasgard last week (up and down, day hike). I see now we HAVE to do all of the Enchantments. Again, fantastic footage - thx for sharing!

Wow! So beautiful. What an accomplishment!

Epic hike! You never looked so tired before at the end of a hike, but the views were spectacular, well worth all the pain. Thanks for sharing

Wow an amazing hike and video!!!!!! Thanks sooo much for sharing!!!!

You two are hero’s. Proud of what you have accomplished. ❤❤

Wow, beautiful, majestic, jaw dropping and amazing scenery. You both are amazing! I have climbed rocks like that up and downhill but not for 21 miles and cant believe you both did that..what a feat!! Thank you for sharing this adventure and I hope you were able to get some rest for the next several days:) Thanks for sharing!

This is one of my dream hikes!

Thats was a awesome video thanks for sharing nonsense of w&j

What an inspiration! My boyfriend and I do this next week and i'm pretty nervous. We attempted it last year but got to the top of Aasgard and lost all visibility due to weather changes and there was still so much snow that the trail wasn't visible. Watching y'all complete it though has me really excited! Awesome job you 2

Great video of your hike! If you ever feel like doing it again, go in late-September/early-October when the larch trees in the core turn gold; it is fantastic.

Hey, it's your Nashville followers here (my husband is the one that is friends with your TN brother). Wow, when we saw this hike pop on our feed, our jaws dropped! We have been to Stuart Lake and are doing Colchuck Lake this fall, and had recently said we hoped you guys were going to do some Washington hikes this year, but did not expect this! You both are absolute beasts and a total inspiration. What an amazing feat with gorgeous scenery--thanks for sharing it with us. You two have crossed into Legend Status as far as we're concerned :-)

Livin' it up! That's a mondo hike, and what a fun adventure. Permits are hard to get there too so what a clever way to see so much of it! Thanks for sharing

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Wow, amazing hike. Probably more than most people are capable of doing. I wanted to ask, since you’ve been at this for 5 years, would you mind sharing a list of your 10 most favorite hikes, please? We’ve only been a handful of places more than once. Really enjoy Zion and Bryce. Ditto Grand Canyon, Sedona and Glacier.

Some of those views don't even look real. Amazing.

Thank you for a beautiful video of the enchantments. What time of year did you do this hike?

Hi, I am writing from Poland from Europe. It's not fair that your country has everything oceans, mountains, large lakes, canyons, deserts and that you live on the dollar at the expense of the whole world.

what month did you go on this hike?

Welcome to the Infantry. People ask me, why do you go up there? I ask them when do you think you are going to do it? When you retire at 65-68? Just stop. Sit down. Lay down. You have 13 hours of daylight in the summer. Divide the miles into the hours you can walk ridiculously slow and still finish. I went 17 up White Mountain last year and everyone passed me. Everyone. Guess what, when I got to the Jeep I still had hours of daylight left. 12800 feet. White is easiest in west road to the top, 14252. After knee surgery had dozens of 80 year olds pass me on same mountain. Everywhere I have been in the west I have had 78 year olds on the same trails in the summer. Literally. Now they are all skinny and small. Wiry. 64 now, these two would pass me finish hours before me. Three knee replacements, 200 pounds, should be 170. In my current condition what I do is just lay down take a nap. I take an army poncho and liner. Down pants. Polypad. If way out there just sleep. Freeze dried moutain house food. Jetboil. Coffee. Bam done. I generally do not go where a dog cannot go. Which leaves this out. You want high and easy, go to Beartooth Pass, park at switchbacks, walk right out ridge to Spirit Mountain with your dogs. I did 99.9 percent of hikes alone because could never find anyone who would go do it especially in the winter. In WA winter equals a giant fog bank. And it doesn't melt until July or later if high and high here is low. 4000-7000 feet. Once it does melt great trails though! I like the easy stuff like Naches Peak/Sourdough Pass (dogs allowed)/Yakima Peak (Rainier) extremely busy area on weekends. Snowqualamie but that place is packed out on weekends, AND THE GO TO AREA HERE ESMERALDA BASIN. I like that Lake Chelan route up the river, another easy one, it comes out someone up around Washington Pass on the hwy, I am more of an out and back guy. Or loop. SPent 28-45 days at a time in the woods as an infantry guy so not a big fan of camping out in the rocks and woods more than a night or two. Makes me appreciate the Sierra and Yellowstone trails. One step at a time. Cascades just are not user friendly in terrain or weather. I will stick to PCT at Snoqualamie and Longs Ingalls area. If I want to suffer I will go up the backside of Stuart. And they require permits to do this now. Summer. If you want to spend the night go over Longs Pass, it literally has a road down to the creek. Then it is 18 miles around and out. The Icicle side you are mosquito bait but if you want you can go over Ingalls and around and out down Icicle Creek side. Or you can take four people in a SUV split the gas sleep on the ground, go straight to Yellowstone/Teton. The Tetons are similar to this, Go up Death Canyon go out Cascades. Drop pack go up static peak or Buck Mountain is want some. Yellowstone my personal favortie out of 200 or more summits around the west is Barronette in July. Park at Icebox Canyon, walk across the road, take ridge up. I try to leave Washington by June 16th and don't come back until August. Then start the hikes here. I live right up the road from here.

Wow..what a challenging hike with magnificent views! I need to practice more before I attempt such a rocky climb! The lakes were beautiful!!