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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.

Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Wild Washington Campaign.  4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. #520, Seattle, WA 98103.  Phone: 206-633-1992, Ext. 105; or, 509-997-2354.  E-mail

100 Classic Hikes in Washington: North Cascades, Olympics, Mount Rainier & South Cascades, Alpine Lakes, Glacier Peak
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