Arrived at 8:30 am on Friday 10/8 to a full parking lot. Parked at the trailhead across the street to avoid leaving my car on the highway overnight. Overall trip took us 5.5 hours to get to Wing Lake. Boulder field was treacherous and slow going as that side of the mountain is shaded and the boulder field was snow covered. Cairns marked the way but it was still choose your own adventure. My only advice is to keep right as there is somewhat of a bootpath. Larches galore. Lewis and Wing Lake are both beautiful. There were about 3 other tents there with ours Friday night. 26 degrees overnight!
Please don't camp on the fragile meadows/grass. I really hope rangers can get up here and restore this area sooner because it is extremely trampled. Please follow LNT principles. Fires are not allowed in this area, despite people building fire pits. Hiked out Saturday to pretty much all of Washington hiking Maple Pass Loop.
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