Lake Ingalls — Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024

TLDR: larches are poppin off. Get here early (before 7:30am) for larch season, camp on the far side of the lake if you’re doing an overnight.

Road to Trailhead: few washboards but you can make it up here with a low clearance vehicle.

Cars at Trailhead: arrived at 8:30am on Sunday (Monday was a holiday). Parking was bananas. Highly recommend getting here before 7:30am. Prepare to park on the side of the road and walk regardless. We were 0.5 miles from trailhead.

The hike: larches are visible once you hit Ingalls Pass. Recommend doing both the higher and lower routes to/from Ingalls Pass to Ingalls Lake. Lake is incredible. Highly recommend just taking another 15 mins to get to the far side and having the place to yourself. Took 3 hours to get to lake.

Water: barely a few running streams up top. Would recommend just packing everything you need.

Camp: you cannot camp at Ingalls lake. Once past the sign you’re good to go. We camped on the far side of the lake and had nobody around us, even on a busy holiday night. Continue down into the valley below Mount Stuart along Ingalls Creek trail and make this a crowd-free loop.