Silver Lake is located in

North Cascades National Park North Cascades National Park is an American national park in the state of Washington. At more than , it is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex. North Cascades National Par ...

, in the

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. Silver Lake is less than north of

Mount Spickard Mount Spickard (pronounced SPICK' erd) is a mountain peak in the North Cascades, a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. Located south of the Canada–US border, it is part of the Chilliwack Group, a subrange of the Skagit Range ...

and is partially fed by melt from the

Silver Glacier Silver Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington and descends to the northwest from near the summit of Mount Spickard. Silver Glacier descends from , and Silver Lake lies below the current terminus of the glacie ...

which is on the north slopes of Spickard. To the north and west of Silver Lake lies the

arête An arête ( ) is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequen ...

known as Custer Ridge culminating in

Mount Rahm Mount Rahm () is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the northern section of the park, Mount Rahm is less than south of the Canada–United States border, just north of Silver Lake, and north-northeas ...

. Silver Lake is only south of the

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References

Lakes of Washington (state) North Cascades National Park Lakes of Whatcom County, Washington {{WhatcomCountyWA-geo-stub