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Lake Ann - Maple Pass Loop, Wing Lake, Lewis Lake

Aug 09, 2009

by upzmtn last modified Aug 10, 2009 01:47 AM
Type of Outing
Overnight
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Hike: Lake Ann
Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
Agency: Methow Valley Ranger District (509) 996-4003
Trails: Lake Ann - Maple Pass Loop (#740)
Avg Rating: 4.45
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Hike: Wing Lake
Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
Avg Rating: 3.00
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Hike: Lewis Lake
Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
Trails: Lewis Lake (#731)
Avg Rating: 3.67
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.
Bear @ Lewis Lake
Bear @ Lewis Lake
Wing Lake © Jim Meyers/Vertizon Photography
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