We drove up to the Esmeralda Trailhead at the end of the North Fork Teanaway Road. Our hike was 9 miles round trip with about 2,700 ft overall gain. We saw only 15 other hikers on this popular trail today, so quiet. View of the Esmeralda Peaks near the beginning of the trail.
I like these small ferns.
Views as we get closer to Ingalls Pass.
We could see Mt Rainier in the far distance to the southwest (also a very hazy Mt Adams).
zoom of Mt Rainier
Mount Stuart from Ingalls Pass
Ingalls Peaks as seen from the upper Ingalls Way Trail
Mount Stuart is almost constantly in view along this route.
Some of the larches were beginning to turn golden.
We saw these two mountain goats near the trail (zoom)
We would hike through several talus fields,
and do some scrambling up to the lake.
Ingalls Peak and Lake Ingalls 
Mount Stuart across from Ingalls Lake
We had the lake to ourselves for quite a while during our lunch break.
We took the lower Ingalls Way trail back across the basin, Mount Stuart across a meadow.
Another view of Mount Stuart as we neared Ingalls Pass.some of the wildflowers and berries we saw along the trail today:
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