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Hike · Lakeshore (Chelan) trailhead

Lakeshore (Chelan)

Distance
11.0 mi
Vertical
2,480 ft
Summit
1,788 ft
Difficulty
Very strenuous

Lake Chelan is an overdeepened glacial trough in north-central Washington, fifty-and-a-half miles long with an average width of barely a mile and a quarter — narrow enough, deep enough, and walled enough by the North Cascades that it reads more as a fjord than as a lake. The…

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Lake Chelan from high on Castle Rock — the lake threads between the Cascade ridges, with Domke Lake visible on the lower left bench.
NPS Staff · Public domain
The upper end of Lake Chelan above Stehekin, looking south down the long glacial trough into haze.
David Ansley · CC BY 2.5
A side-canyon waterfall pouring directly into Lake Chelan from the steep western shore.
Bigal888 · CC BY-SA 2.5

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