On our way home form Sauer's Mountain, we decided to stop and see how the conditions were along the Ingalls Creek Trail, we were able to hike up the trail for 2 miles before post holing 10", that is when we decided to turn back. The trail would alternate from large snow patches to bare trail off and on for about 2 miles. We hiked 4 miles with about 600 ft of gain. We didn't see any other hikers while we were on the trail.
A short ways down the trail, we entered the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
I was surprised to find a patch of paintbrush in bloom this early here.
Lovely color in Ingalls Creek
where the snow had melted we saw hundreds of glacier lilies lining the trail
More views of Ingalls Creek
butterfly asleep on a glacier lilysome of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today:
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