Snow Lake is located in King County, Washington. The lake is the "most visited lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness."[1] The lake is also stocked with rainbow trout for fishing.[2]
| Snow Lake | |
|---|---|
 Snow Lake from eastern shore (Mount Roosevelt centered) | |
  Snow Lake  Snow Lake | |
| Location | King County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°28′1″N 121°27′20″W / 47.46694°N 121.45556°W |
| Primary inflows | Rock Creek (from Gem Lake) |
| Primary outflows | Rock Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 152.9 acres (61.9 ha) |
| Surface elevation | 4,019 ft (1,225 m) |
| Islands | 0 |
The ruins of a cabin from 1930 exist near the lake, having collapsed in 1950 due to snow.[3][4]
Camping is available via forest service permit. Hikers can continue onwards to nearby Gem Lake or lower/upper Wildcat Lakes.[5]
Climate
editSnow Lake has a hemiboreal climate.[6] The average temperature is 3 °C. The warmest month is August, with an average temperature of 15 °C, and the coldest month is January, at an average of −6 °C.[7] The average rainfall is 1,687 millimeters per year. The wettest month is December, with 247 millimeters of rain, and the least in July, with 33 millimeters of rain.
Gallery
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Snow Lake Trail map -
View from the trail on the way to the lake -
The lake in July 2020
References
edit- ^ Snow Lake Trail at Washington Trails Association.
- ^ Fish Stocking for Snow Lake at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife site.
- ^ Berg, Dana (Jun 22, 2007). "Snow Lake Trip Report #1013". Washington Trails Association. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ Fenton, Don (Jan 6, 2007). "Camping At Snow Lake in the Nineteen-Forties: During World War II". PIAP. Archived from the original on Feb 27, 2007.
- ^ "Snow Lake and Gem Lake". We Found Adventure. September 29, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L. "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11: 1639–1640. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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