Tin Cup Lake

Tin Cup Lake
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°07′22″N 114°36′35″W / 44.122704°N 114.609613°W / 44.122704; -114.609613Coordinates: 44°07′22″N 114°36′35″W / 44.122704°N 114.609613°W / 44.122704; -114.609613
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Gunsight Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 305 m (1,001 ft)
Max. width 235 m (771 ft)
Surface elevation 3,050 m (10,010 ft)
Tin Cup Lake at middle-left of photo with Gunsight lake and Calkins Peak

Tin Cup Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trails lead to lake but it can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 680.[1]

Tin Cup Lake is just southeast of the Chinese Wall, northeast of Calkins Peak, and in the same basin as Dike, Quartzite, and Gunsight Lakes.

References

  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.

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