Lake Ann — Saturday, Jul. 10, 2021

We did an overnight to Lake Ann. We arrived at the parking lot around 2:30pm and found a spot in the parking lot. There were a few open spots in the parking lot and cars parked down the road. There is a $5 day use fee in addition to the Northwest Forest Pass.

The trail is as described. There were a handful of spots that had water running over the trail and all were easy to cross by stepping on rocks or cruising through. The trail is snow free. There were two downed trees on the trail but they weren’t too big and were easy to pass. A variety of wildflowers were blooming on the entire trail.

There are a handful of established campsites at Lake Ann and one about a mile from the lake. All are near water sources. Bugs were annoying at our campsite. We hung out on the rocks on the east side of the lake before dinner and to watch sunset, and the bugs were less of an annoyance over there. We saw a mountain goat, a couple of marmots, and heard some pikas.