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Goat Lake

Lake in Sawtooth NRA, Challis NF, Sawtooth Wilderness, Rocky Mountains near Stanley, ID

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Goat Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located high in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Stanley. The lake is most easily accessed from the Iron Creek trailhead, which can be accessed from State Highway 21 via Sawtooth National Forest road 619. The route to lake follows a combination of the Iron Creek trail, Alpine Way trail, and an unmaintained hiking trail to Goat Lake. The trail is about 8.5 miles round trip and gains 1615 feet in elevation. Along the hiking trail are Goat Falls, which on are on Goat Creek, which flows into the lake and drains out of it. With a surface elevation of 8,220 feet (2,510 m) above sea level, Goat Lake often remains frozen into early summer. Goat…

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