Lake Ann/Maple Pass Loop #740
Jul 03, 2003
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- 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
- Be Aware Of
- Snow on trail
Since we found very little snow at Hart's Pass, we decided to test the limits and go further west and higher up. The hike was pretty easy for the most part with much of it's elevation gain at the beginning in cool woods. There were a few bugs (mainly nats) there, but that was it. The trail is snow free for the most part to lake ann and the lake is completely melted out. As for the rest of the trail, it stays snow free until Heather Pass and from there big patches of snow cover the trail, until below Maple pass, it becomes one big snow field..which we navigated without ice axes and my buddy had sandals on ( I wouldn't recommend it yet). We found bare rocks and patches of Heather that were open and made it to the top of some flat nameless peak (6850') which was snow free. Views all around including Glacier Peak and all of those wonderful reddish mtns to the North. I would not attempt the rest of the loop for atleast 2 weeks or so.
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