Ice Lake (Oregon)

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|name = Ice Lake

|image =Ice Lake, Sacajawea Peak.jpg

|caption =West shore of Ice Lake with the Matterhorn in the background

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|location = Wallowa County, Oregon

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| elevation = {{convert|2394|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}{{gnis|1143977}}

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Ice Lake is a small freshwater lake at about {{convert|7900|ft}} on the south skirt of the Hurwal Divide within the Eagle Cap Wilderness region in Wallowa County, in northeastern Oregon, United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/travel/outdoors/2014/08/13/icy-plunge-punctuates-climb-matterhorn/13997947/|title = Oregon's most beautiful and grueling hike reaches top of Wallowa Mountains}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SIyfsNaletYC&pg=PA289 | title=Complete Angler's Guide to Oregon| isbn=9781932098860| last1=Shewey| first1=John| date=2011-03-15| publisher=Wilderness Adventures Press}} Its outflow is Adam Creek,{{Cite web |url=http://www.bakercityherald.com/csp/mediapool/sites/BakerCityHerald/Opinion/story.csp?cid=4155591&sid=820&fid=151 |title=An oddity on the Oregon Coast: A dusty trail |access-date=2017-04-24 |archive-date=2017-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424175441/http://www.bakercityherald.com/csp/mediapool/sites/BakerCityHerald/Opinion/story.csp?cid=4155591&sid=820&fid=151 |url-status=dead }} which produces several waterfalls including {{convert|480|ft}} tall Ice Falls.{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/waterfall/Ice-Falls-3919|title=Ice Falls - Wallowa County, Oregon|website=www.waterfallsnorthwest.com}} Ice Lake is the traditional base camp for hikers climbing the Matterhorn, one of the Wallowa Mountains.{{cite book

|last=Barstad

|first=Fred

|date=2014

|title=Hiking Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHpBBAAAQBAJ

|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield

|page= 41

|isbn=9781493010448

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Category:Lakes of Oregon

Category:Eagle Cap Wilderness