DO U KNOW THE IMAGE LAKE?

                                                                  IMAGE LAKE  

Image Lake is a tarn in Glacier Peak Wilderness, in the North Cascades of Washington,UnitedStates.
Originally called "Mirror Lake", it was given its present name in 1939 by Hugh Ritter and Rudo Fromme of the Forest Service. The lake is surrounded by Plummer Peak to the east, a lookout point to the west, the Miners Creek drainage and Glacier Peak to the south, and Canyon Lake to the north. The course of the popular Miners Ridge Trail skirts the lake. Glacier Peak can be seen from the outlet of the lake, and the peak reflected in the lake is a popular photographic subject.



HISTORY: Before European settlement, there was a trail used by Native Americans as a route between Lake Chelan and the Suiattle River valley. It was later used by miners and shepherds in the early 1900s. Shepherding was banned on Miners Ridge in 1940, but the popularity of the area continued to grow. Due to the area's popularity, the meadows surrounding deteriorated as a result of livestock grazing and off-trail hiking. As a result, livestock were allocated to the nearby Lady Camp Basin and hardier plants were introduced to the area surrounding the lake.

Kennecott Copper Corporation, as of 1988, planned to dig an open-pit copper mine in a basin approximately one mile east of Image Lake. However, protests by various advocacy groups, such as The Mountaineers, prevented the plan from developing further.

In 2003, floods washed out large portions of the Suiattle River Road, beginning 12.5 miles from the trailhead, making Image Lake more accessible from Holden or Trinity. However, as of August 2013, construction crews are repairing the road, which is scheduled to be open by 2014.Since Image Lake is all but inaccessible from the west, it is necessary for hikers to access the lake from the east, via Holden or Trinity.