Sliderock Lake

{{Short description|Alpine lake in the state of Idaho}}

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| name = Sliderock Lake

| image = Sliderock Lake White Cloud Mountains Idaho.jpg

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| location = Custer County, Idaho

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| type = Glacial

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| outflow = Little Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River

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| width = {{convert|470|ft|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|8.4|acres|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|8983|ft|abbr=on}}{{GNIS|390624|Sliderock Lake}}

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Sliderock Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is named for a jumbled rock slide that extends into the lake from the south side.{{cite web|url= http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=289834|title=Proposal of Name for an Unnamed Domestic Feature: Sliderock Lake|first=Dan|last=Pence|date=January 2, 1970|work=USDA Forest Service Form FS-7100-48|publisher=United States Forest Service|location=Challis, Idaho}}

Sliderock Lake is northeast of Merriam Peak and located in the lower section of the Boulder Chain Lakes Basin. The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 683.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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