Just north of Esmerelda Basin, starting from the end of the North Fork Teanaway River road,
the trail climbs from 4,300 ft to Inglalls Pass at 6,500 ft, from which two trails go to Lake Ingalls at 6,463 ft.

This area has unique geology in that is has solid altered volcanics (metadiabase) with reddish-brown rock called serpentinized peridotite (iron-magnesium rich).

The area has a large number of wildflower species due to the unique soils and the different ecosystems on the south (dry) and north (wet) slopes of the Ingalls Pass ridgeline.

From the pass and lake you look directly towards Mt. Stuart which is the largest single granitic outcropping in the US.

Two trips are represented here: 16-OCT-2011; 01-AUG-2014