Slide Lake (White Cloud Mountains)

Slide Lake
Location of Slide Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Slide Lake in Idaho, USA.
Slide Lake
Location of Slide Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Slide Lake in Idaho, USA.
Slide Lake
LocationCuster County, Idaho
Coordinates44°06′44″N 114°37′11″W / 44.1123308°N 114.6197338°W / 44.1123308; -114.6197338[1]
TypeGlacial
Primary outflowsBighorn Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length240 m (790 ft)
Max. width95 m (312 ft)
Surface elevation3,110 m (10,200 ft)

Slide Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 601.[2]

Slide Lake is just south of Calkins Peak, northeast of D. O. Lee Peak, and upstream of Sheep and Neck Lakes.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slide Lake (White Cloud Mountains)
  2. ^ Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” [map].1:126,720, 1”=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.