Sapphire Lake (Idaho)

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Sapphire Lake
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Sapphire Lake (right) and Cove Lake (left) from Calkens Peak
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Sapphire Lake
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Sapphire Lake
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°06′11″N114°36′54″W / 44.102962°N 114.614970°W / 44.102962; -114.614970
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin  countries United States
Max. length500 m (1,600 ft)
Max. width300 m (980 ft)
Surface elevation3,020 m (9,910 ft)

Sapphire Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trails lead to the lake, but it can be most easily accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 601. [1]

Sapphire Lake is east of D. O. Lee Peak in the Big Boulder Lakes Basin along with Cove, Hook, and Cirque Lakes.

References

  1. Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” [map].1:126,720, 1”=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.

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