Misty Fjords
Nat'l Park Big Goat lake Falls from the air. It’s named for the lake
immediately sourcing the falls, Big Goat Lake Falls is a prominent but rarely
visited cascade found in a relatively isolated part of southeastern Alaska
between Ketchikan and the Canadian Border. Goat Lake is an alpine lake
in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in
the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trails lead to the lake, but it is
most easily accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 080.
It is only seen by plane or helicopter, the
falls flume about 800 feet out of a glacially sculpted lake basin and into the
long, sinuous valleys of the Misty Fjords. Alaska certainly has hundreds
of exciting waterfalls, so what makes this one so unusual? Frankly, it’s not
the waterfall. The landscape surrounding the falls is almost too perfect to be
real, the water streaming directly out of Big Goat Lake and cascading down the
valley, snowcapped peaks lining the mountains and virgin, undamaged forest all
around. Nevertheless this is a list of the best waterfalls, and was this not
nearly as impressive a waterfall it wouldn't be entered here. Images Source: WTA
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