Lake Ingalls

What a great hike and overnighter we had. The trail is in great condition. We got into snow at about 1 mike from the ridge. We used gators and micro spikes, but neither were absolutely crucial to have. We got to the ridge just before the sun slid behind ingalls peak, it was beautiful. We got to the ridge in 2.5 hours with 40-50 lb packs on.
The basin after that is completely snowed in still. There are a bunch of rocks that are snow free, we chose one of these to set up camp on. There wasn't any water source in the basin, we had to melt snow for our water needs. We had a beautiful evening up there, and it was surprisingly mild, probably got down to 40-45 degrees at the lowest. We also had some mountain goat guest that were just circling the area with a pretty young kid, couldn't have been more than about 25lbs.
Saturday morning we made our way to ingalls lake. It was still completely frozen, more so than I expected. There were a couple small spots on the south end of the lake that were starting to thaw but just barely. We were able to comfortable walk on the lake without any fear of falling in. Probably a couple feet deep of ice still. It will be a good month probably before the lake is completely thawed. Overall though it was a great trip, this is one of my favorites!!