Winning The Enchantments Lottery and Protecting the Places We Love

The Enchantments Permit Lottery is February 15 through March 1, 2025

To say The Enchantments are beautiful is an understatement. No matter what time of year you visit, they are drop-dead gorgeous and worth the strenuous hike, and the hoops you have to jump through to get there.

Interest in The Enchantments has skyrocketed. In the past 10 years, Enchantment permit applictions have increased by nearly 1,500%!! According to the Forest Service, this year, a record 40,032 people applied for the advanced permit lottery. With approximately 2,500 permits available, only 6% were lucky enough to secure a permit -- making it the second most difficult backpacking permit to secure . That’s because these precious resources need our help to protect them from being loved to death.

Join The US Forest Service, Leave No Trace and Kula Cloth on January 23rd for a Zoom Webinar about Enchantments, what it takes to win a permit AND to leave it better than you found it with Leave No Trace and proper backcountry hygience practices.

Everything You Need to Know About the Enchantments

• Pros and cons of hiking and backpacking in each of the zones (Snow Zone, Eight Mile Zone, Colchuck Zone, Stuart Zone, Core Zone)
• Where to find the most beautiful scenery and best views
• Best time to visit to avoid the crowds
• Enchantment by the numbers - how many visitors and their impacts

The Enchantments permit process

• How to apply
• Lottery deadlines and fees
• What to do if you win
• Walk up permits

The fragile environment and our impacts on it and local emergency services

How you can help protect the places we love by practicing Leave No Trace

• Seven Principles of Leave No Trace
• Backcountry hygiene practices

Katlyn White, Wilderness Ranger

, Wenatchee Ranger Station

Katlyn will discuss the natural treasures in each of The Enchantment Zones, the Lottery process, deadlines and fees. She will also discuss the impacts hikers and backpackers have on the area as well as local emergency services including SAR.

Jeanelle Soland and Rob Pelton, Subaru Leave No Trace Traveling Team

Jeanelle and Rob will discuss the Leave No Trace Principles and best practices as they pertain to the Enchantments.

Anastasia Allison, Founder

Anastasia will discuss peeing, pooping, periods and personal hygiene in the Enchantments and other environmentally sensitive areas. She'll discuss how to go, where to go and other important things to know so that you can help keep these places pristine for others on the trail.

Check out the for a complete list of classes and events.

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