A beautiful day for a walk in the mountains, a stroll with Chris & Jeff
our intended destination, seen here in the centre, was South Ingalls Peak
Hot day, so lots of hydration on the hike in…
…or maybe just a chance to admire the views
A spot of lunch in headlight basin and some time to study maps and things.
Headlight Creek and Mount Stewart forming the perfect backdrops
Lake Ingalls at 6,463ft was still covered in ice (just), and the views got better and better as we went higher.
Chris spotted something strange…
Was it Jeff poking at clouds?
Or maybe pointing at real climbers (look closely!) on the dogtooth spires leading to the north peak.
After some much needed scrambling lessons from Jeff, we reached our high point of about 7,400 feet (below the south summit) defeated by time and my dodgy sprained ankle.
But we had enough time on the way down for some fake ‘victory’ piccy’s
before taking the super speedy way down
(how my ankle wished for snow all the way back to the trail head :-))
as the clouds rolled in.
Fantastic day. Thanks guys!