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Hike · Baker Lake trailhead

Baker Lake

Distance
11.5 mi
Vertical
1,611 ft
Summit
1,204 ft
Difficulty
Strenuous

Baker Lake is a long, north–south reservoir in the Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest of northern Washington, set in the Baker River valley just southwest of North Cascades National Park. The lake is roughly 10 miles north of the town of Concrete and is fed by the Baker…

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Mount Shuksan rising above Baker Lake in winter light, the snow-streaked summit reflected in the reservoir from the western shore.
Lhb1239 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Looking down on the long, narrow basin of Baker Lake from the upper snow slopes of Mount Baker, with the North Cascades stretching toward the Canadian border.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Summer view of Baker Lake from the west shore, with snow-capped North Cascades peaks rising beyond the conifer ring of the Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest.
David Weekly from Hillsborough, CA, USA (also User:dweekly) · CC BY 2.0

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