Lake Ann

HIKE TIME: 7 hours
DIFFICULTY: 4/5
RATING: 9/10
TIPS: Bring sunscreen and plenty of bug spray! Continue another mile after Lake Anne if you have the energy for it.

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A beautiful hike near Mount Baker. It descends for about a mile at the start so save some energy to climb back out at the end! After Lake Ann you can continue on a climber's trail toward the Mount Shuksan. I'd recommend you follow that at least to the meadow & boulder garden area with the stream running through. Very pretty! From there it climbs steeply until you're looking down on Lower Curtis Glacier which is where I stopped, at a bit under 6 miles.

Here's a great Seattle Mountaineers page about the area, including some info on the neat "swirly" rocks you'll see: https://www.mountaineers.org/blog/exp...