Wing Lake, Lewis Lake & Heather - Maple Pass Loop — Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025

Larches:
Most larches seemed to be at peak or near peak. All of the larches up near Wing Lake (pictured) are golden yellow. During a gust of wind, some of them were even already dropping their needles. Some larches at lower elevations are still hanging on to a little lime green, but not a lot at this point. If you haven't already gone out to see them, now is a great time! (assuming the weather cooperates)

Trailhead:
Arrived at the trailhead for Maple Pass Loop around 10:30am on a partially sunny Wednesday morning. I ended up parking 0.3 miles from the trailhead. Cars were parked along the road for a similar distance on all sides. Bathrooms were partially stocked-might be a good idea to bring your own supplies on a busy day.

The trail:
The trail was moderately busy for the first couple of miles, going counterclockwise. After splitting onto the cutoff trail for Lewis and Wing Lakes there were considerably fewer people- I think I passed between 15-20 groups the whole way to Wing and back. After crossing the boulder field (follow the cairns/rock stacks!) I arrived at Lewis lake around 12:50pm. I continued on up to Wing Lake via the *very* steep trail and arrived around 1:45pm. There were 4 backpacking sites already taken, but there were more available (I saw 2-3 open sites, there could have been others). I left Wing around 2:30pm and arrived back at the main Maple Pass Loop trail around 4pm. I continued up to the ridge, where I turned around at 4:45 and started heading clockwise back to the trailhead- arrived at ~5:40pm.