Young Man Lake

Young Man Lake
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Location	Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, US
Coordinates	48°30′00″N113°27′07″W / 48.50000°N 113.45194°W / 48.50000; -113.45194 [1]
Type	Natural
Primary outflows	Dry Fork
Basin  countries	United States
Max. length	.35 miles (0.56 km)
Max. width	.15 miles (0.24 km)
Surface elevation	6,913 ft (2,107 m)

Young Man Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Young Man Lake is in a cirque and hanging valley immediately east of Flinsch Peak. A series of waterfalls carries waters from the lake to nearby Boy Lake. ^[2] Though the Pitamakan Pass Trail, which is also part of the Continental Divide Trail, passes just north of Young Man Lake, there are no designated trails to the lake itself. ^[3] The lake is difficult to access and consequently named because only a "young man" might have the ability to reach the lake. ^[4]

An airplane wreckage was discovered at the lake on July 28, 1976, by another aircraft; some of the wreck had slid into the lake. Recovery crew identified the plane as having disappeared on November 1, 1975, with two Idaho residents on board. ^[5]

See also

• List of lakes in Glacier County, Montana

References

1. "Young Man Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2011-01-08.
2. "Young Man Lake Topo Map in Glacier County MT" (Map (USGS Quad)). Topozone. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
3. Howard, Lynna (2000). Montana and Idaho's Continental Divide Trail. Westcliffe Publishers. p. 271. ISBN   9781565793309 . Retrieved August 21, 2022.
4. Russell, Franklin (1975). The Mountains of America. H. N. Abrams. p. 142. ISBN   9780810903609 . Retrieved August 21, 2022.
5. "Airplane wreckage found in Glacier". The Independent-Record. Helena, Montana. 29 July 1976. Retrieved 27 August 2022.