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Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests Headquarters. 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA 98801. Phone: 509-664-9200; Fax: 509-664-9280.
This 394,000-acre wilderness area near Seattle is located in the rugged Central Cascades region of Washington state and is jointly administered by the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wenatchee National Forest. The area takes its name from the nearly 700 jewel-like mountain lakes nestled among the high rock peaks and timbered valleys of the region. The area is accessed from 47 trailheads and offers 615 miles of trail. A web site of the USDA Forest Service.
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. Cle Elum Ranger District. Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests. 803 West 2nd, Cle Elum, WA 98922. Phone: 509-852-1100.
Resources
Alpine
Lakes Wilderness Permit Application.
Application is for the Enchantment Lakes, Stuart, Colchuck, Snow, Eightmile
Lakes areas.
Related Web Sites
A Hike to Lake Talapus
Travel article with pictures by Go Northwest!
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
A web site of Wilderness.net, which is a partnership project of the
Wilderness Institute at The University of Montana's College of Forestry and
Conservation, the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, and
the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute.
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