Pancho Lake

Pancho Lake
Location of Pancho Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Pancho Lake in Idaho, USA.
Pancho Lake
Location of Pancho Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Pancho Lake in Idaho, USA.
Pancho Lake
LocationElmore County, Idaho
Coordinates43°56′17″N 115°04′49″W / 43.938117°N 115.080303°W / 43.938117; -115.080303
TypeGlacial
Primary outflowsRock Creek to Middle Fork Boise River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length0.11 mi (0.18 km)
Max. width0.05 mi (0.080 km)
Surface elevation8,915 ft (2,717 m)

Pancho Lake is a small alpine lake in Elmore County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 479 along Rock Creek or 458 along the Queens River.[1]

Pancho Lake is in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and a wilderness permit can be obtained at a registration box at trailheads or wilderness boundaries.

  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.