Lake Ann - Maple Pass Loop, Wing Lake, Lewis Lake
Aug 09, 2009
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- Type of Outing
- Overnight
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Lake Ann (Rainy Pass)
- Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
- Agency: Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest, Mount Baker Ranger District
- Trails: Maple Pass (#740), Lake Ann (#740A)
- Avg Rating: 4.31
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Wing Lake
- Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
- Avg Rating: 3.00
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Lewis Lake
- Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
- Trails: Lewis Lake (#731)
- Avg Rating: 3.40
- Why You Should Go Now
- Wildflowers blooming
- Be Aware Of
- Bugs
Red Handed at Lewis Lake.
Please be aware that there is significant Black Bear activity in this area. On our overnight, we witnessed a very habituated bear walk directly up to a camp and destroy it - at 1:30 in the afternoon at Lewis Lake despite our attempts to spook the bear. We talked to the folks who's camp it was later and they said that their camp was 100% clean and we saw their food hung perfectly away from camp. This bear KNEW exactly what (s)he was looking for as it walked directly to the camp from a few hundred yards off. Spooky. We also heard many other reported sightings within in these drainages during our stay (Lake Anne, Heather Pass.) All this in addition to warnings posted of recent activity at Lake Ann. Travel safe or elsewhere!
Other than that, the flowers are still great! There also appears to have been some significant landslides into Lewis Lake in the winter/spring which has left the lake brown with silt. I heard there were large cutthroats in there but I'm wondering if there has been a fishkill as a result of the silt. It appears to be quite bad and no sign of any fish feeding.
Bugs active but not intolerable.
Other than that, the flowers are still great! There also appears to have been some significant landslides into Lewis Lake in the winter/spring which has left the lake brown with silt. I heard there were large cutthroats in there but I'm wondering if there has been a fishkill as a result of the silt. It appears to be quite bad and no sign of any fish feeding.
Bugs active but not intolerable.
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Bear @ Lewis Lake
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Bear @ Lewis Lake
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Wing Lake © Jim Meyers/Vertizon Photography
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