Okanogan-Wenatchee/Eightmile

Jason Williams

Decided to do this hike because the amount of cars at the Stuart Lake Trailhead for Colchuck was insane! I didn’t get an early start on the hike so I figured it would be packed but I thought the rain would keep some people away. The trail to Eightmile was a bit muddy in some spots but nothing too crazy. All of the yellow leaves falling on the trail is gorgeous! Once you hit little Eightmile you have about a half mile to go after that. The wind mixed in with the rain at the lake was pretty exciting and cold. Overall great hike and probably a few less hundred people to pass on the trail instead of Colchuck!

David Olson

Nice trailhead to a less visited part of the Enchantments. The hike up to Eightmile lake is fairly easy but for a more remote experience, I definitely suggest Caroline lake. Spent two nights at Caroline and one at Eightmile, both were fantastic. While at Caroline, I hiked up to Windy Pass, which was absolutely beautiful.

Alina Reed

We just stayed here for the first time this weekend and it was fantastic. We showed up without a reservation on a Thursday afternoon and Ted sent us to a beutuful campsite that was fortunately still open. We were right on the river with a fantastic view of the mountain. The bathrooms were clean, and everyone was friendly. We stayed for three days and wish we could have stayed longer.

Carol Smith

Where to start... This campground is better suited for tents, not RVs or camper vans. Many of the sites are small and lack privacy, especially those in the west end. We reserved on line and there was no notice that sites 30 and 31 share the vehicle space! Since we were in a van, we felt like we were in an ordinary parking lot and not camping. Two strange vehicles parked immediately next two us the whole time. There were some other shared parking sites too. Ok for tent camping because you can tent away from the parking area, but not ok for vehicles. In addition, people kept walking through our site ( and other sites). One day, my hubby wasn't feeling well, so we took a nap only to be woken by our dog growling because a man and women were peering into the side window of our van! WTH! Numerous people walked through through our site even though the end was a restoration area clearly marked to stay off of, but people walked through it anyway. And, then there were the young men playing football in our site. Oh, and the dogs not on leashes. One knocked me over when it jumped on me from the bushes as I was heading to the restroom at night. The only good thing was that the vault toilet was the cleanest ever vault toilet. No odors!! Kudos to the guy who cleans it!

Paula Lanoue

Beautiful park with wilderness access and very near Leavenworth. Only drawback was water pump was solar powered thus limiting water availability. Do not expect to fill your Jerry jugs much less camper reservoir.