We drove out to the end of the North Fork Teanaway Road to see how far up we could comfortably hike towards Lake Ingalls the day after a snowstorm. We followed two hikers' tracks up to Ingall's Pass and found no tracks through Headlight Basin towards Lake Ingalss. Our hike today was 6.6 miles round trip with 2,200 ft of gain. We only saw 3 other hikers on the trail today. View to the east from the parking lot.
The trail was covered in snow the whole way up and we saw a few trees with fall colors along the way.
Esmerelda Peak from near the start of the trail
Looking back to the south as we continued to ascend the trail.
Lovely to see the rocky peaks and ridges edged with snow.
some small snow covered trees
We saw many icicles on the rocks.
View of the Esmerelda Peaks to the west
The snow became deeper the closer we hiked towards Ingall's Pass.
More icicles
Snowy red rocks near Ingall's Pass
We was some snow covered golden larches at Ingall's Pass, on both sides of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boundary.
Mount Stuart remained in the clouds while we were at the pass.
View of a peak to the east of the pass
close up of a snow covered larch branch
Views to the west of Ingall's Pass from where we took our lunch break
Our last look across to the snow covered Mount Stuart before returning down the trail.
Views as we continued down the trail:
Some red leaves in the snow.
We drove out to the end of the North Fork Teanaway Road to see how far up we could comfortably hike towards Lake Ingalls the day after a snowstorm. We followed two hikers' tracks up to Ingall's Pass and found no tracks through Headlight Basin towards Lake Ingalss. Our hike today was 6.6 miles round trip with 2,200 ft of gain. We only saw 3 other hikers on the trail today. View to the east from the parking lot.
The trail was covered in snow the whole way up and we saw a few trees with fall colors along the way.
Esmerelda Peak from near the start of the trail
Looking back to the south as we continued to ascend the trail.
Lovely to see the rocky peaks and ridges edged with snow.
some small snow covered trees 
We saw many icicles on the rocks. 
View of the Esmerelda Peaks to the west
The snow became deeper the closer we hiked towards Ingall's Pass.
More icicles
Snowy red rocks near Ingall's Pass
We was some snow covered golden larches at Ingall's Pass, on both sides of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boundary.
Mount Stuart remained in the clouds while we were at the pass.
View of a peak to the east of the pass
close up of a snow covered larch branch
Views to the west of Ingall's Pass from where we took our lunch break
Our last look across to the snow covered Mount Stuart before returning down the trail.
Views as we continued down the trail:
Some red leaves in the snow.
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