Lake Ingalls — Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025

We arrived at the trailhead at 9:30 and had no trouble finding a parking space. We hiked to the camping area and easily found a campsite. The creeks at the beginning of the camping area were mostly dried up or moving very slowly but there was one about .2 miles up the trail to the lake that we could have used. Instead we got water at the lake. The lake is about half a mile up of fairly difficult rocky hiking from the camp area. I was really glad we didn't have our packs on. The lake was well worth the effort! There were no bugs to speak of until evening, and even then not bad at all. We did see a group of goats but steered clear of them. A lone one came to visit in the morning but didn't venture into our camp.