Guess the spot

[Rockskipper]

I'm on my way to the Tetons, so would someone else post?

 

[zionsky]

First hint. It is not in Zion

 

[zionsky]

Second hint. The lake, the peak, and a pass (out of photo) all share the same name

 

[zionsky]

Another hint. In a national park far north west of Nebraska

 

[zionsky]

Not seeing any guesses, I'm going to cross streams (pun intended) with another hint.

 

[Jackson]

I thought about picking a random lake in North Cascades or Olympic but couldn't get anything to remotely line up. Haha. The metric measurements on the topo make me wonder if it's in a Canadian national park though.

 

[zionsky]

Your initial thoughts serve you well. It is a fairly popular and easy hike although one of the foot bridges is currently washed out so it requires fording a knee-deep raging creek of snow fed water.

 

[Reef&Ruins]

Looks a bit like Copper Lake in NOCA (north cascades national park)

 

[zionsky]

Looks a bit like Copper Lake in NOCA (north cascades national park)

Getting warm

 

[Reef&Ruins]

So we are in NOCA then?

 

[zionsky]

So we are in NOCA then?

Technically, it is just outside the park boundary, but I doubt many people would know the difference

 

[Reef&Ruins]

Technically, it is just outside the park boundary, but I doubt many people would know the difference

As in, outside of the park complex (includes the 2 recreation areas associated with it--Ross Lake/Lake Chelan) or just outside the North or South unit of the actual North Cascades National Park (so it could be in one of those associated recreation areas just mentioned)?

 

[Nethos]

Not seeing any guesses, I'm going to cross streams (pun intended) with another hint.View attachment 112074

Cutthroat Lake

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[zionsky]

Cutthroat Lake

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Bingo! @Nethos you're up.

 

[Nethos]

Same state. Further south. This photo is taken from the North side of the peak. Bonus points if you name the lake.

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[Nethos]

Same state. Further south. This photo is taken from the North side of the peak. Bonus points if you name the lake.

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The valley that contains the lake also has several others. The names of the lakes are rather valuable.

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[zionsky]

With that hint, I'll take a stab at gold lake south of Skykomish

 

[Nethos]

With that hint, I'll take a stab at gold lake south of Skykomish

Warm. Gold would be a hard, mostly off trail hike from this lake. You could probably manage it in a day, but unsure if the route would go.

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[Nethos]

Warm. Gold would be a hard, mostly off trail hike from this lake. You could probably manage it in a day, but unsure if the route would go.

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The lake itself is on trail

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[zionsky]

OK...I'll throw out Malachite or Copper lake