Lake Ida (Washington)
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| Lake Ida | |
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  Lake Ida  Lake Ida | |
| Location | Chelan County, Washington, United States |
| Coordinates | 47°38′08″N 120°51′34″W / 47.6355220°N 120.8594197°W |
| Primary outflows | Ida Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 15 acres (0.061 km2)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 6,756 ft (2,059 m)[2] |
Lake Ida is a freshwater lake located along Icicle Ridge, approximately 10 miles west of the city of Leavenworth in Chelan County, Washington. Because of its close proximity to Icicle Ridge Trail, the lake is a popular area for hiking, swimming, and fishing cutthroat trout.[1] Lake Augusta is a short distance on the opposite side of Icicle Ridge. Lake Ida sits on a highly glaciated alpine cirque, surrounded by a coniferous forest primarily larch pines and outflows into Ida Creek, a tributary of Icicle Creek. At least one unrated waterfall is found downstream as Ida Creek runs the south slope of Icicle Ridge. Self-issued Alpine Lake Wilderness permit required for transit within the Lake Ida and Augusta area.[3]
Along with neighboring lakes, Lake Ida was given its name by Albert Hale Sylvester, a topographer for the United States Geological Survey working throughout the North Cascades National Park Complex in the 1900s.[4] Lake Ida was named by Sylvester after a sister of his wife Alice.[5]
Climate
Lake Ida has a hemiboreal climate.[6] The average temperature is 48 °F (9 °C). The warmest month is July, with an average temperature of 64 °F (18 °C), and the coldest month is January, at an average of 16 °F (−9 °C). The average rainfall is 32.6 inches (830 mm) per year. The wettest month is January, with 9.2 inches (230 mm) of rain, and the least in July, with 1.1 inches (28 mm) of rain.[7]
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