Lake Ann Trailblazer hike

A wonderful and very warm hiking day for us Senior Trailblazers for our hike to Lake Ann.

Usually in the mountains we hike up at the start of our hikes and then the return trip to our cars is a welcome "up". This hike starts with a downhill through the forest, through a lovely opening with a few creek crossings and then up again to the lake. Then since it's an out and back trail, we reverse everything...hike down, enjoy the lovely opening and creek crossings and then finish with a nice shady forest "up" back to the cars. It was a long hike and a couple of our group stopped at about the 1/2 way point and said they would return to the cars and wait for us, another stopped short of the rocky area and headed back as well. The rest of us rallied on to the top for lunch before returning.

The scenery was in a word "glorious".

I thought the flowers below that had gone to seed looked very magical.

Mt. Baker in the distance

Lake Ann

Thanks to Leslie for getting this shot of me in front of Shuksan.

A perfect place for lunch, what a view.

I'm guessing it snowed here recently as all of the grass is flattened as if by a weight.

After a head count to make sure that we had all returned intact to the cars, we made our way to Graham's for the coveted ice cream at the end of our long day's hike.

Bliss!

Endomondo stats:

Total miles hiked - 8.7 miles

Minimum altitude - 3908 feet 

Maximum altitude - 4849 feet

Total ascent - 1853 feet

Total descent - 1852