"Great outing with the Mountaineers on our Compressed Scramble Course outing. Perfect weather all day. Snow began about 500 feel below Ingalls pass. The path deviates a bit from the trail but generally follows it up to the pass. We traversed towards Lake Ingalls, which is still frozen over, with slight signs of thawing around the edges. Perfect views of Mount Stuart and all ranges around, especially in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Took the route up the col of the North side of the peak, and descended the south scramble route. Lots of snow in good condition for step kicking. Wildflowers are out on the lower slopes." — markhadland • Jun 2, 2019

"I went up South Ingalls with the Mountaineers, as part of their scrambling course. This was a nice little scramble, with plenty of snow from 30 to 45 degrees, perhaps more in spots. Starting from the Esmeralda TH at the end of FSR 9737, we ascended to a saddle at 6400 ft from which we could see the magnificence of Mt Stuart and the neighboring Ingalls Peak. We skirted around the bowl to the left to avoid losing elevation, and then ascended on the right side of the peak, between South Ingalls and Ingalls Peak. This put us right at the base of the usual rock-climbing ascent route up Ingalls. The last section gave us a choice between a length of steep rock scrambling (which I did) and some very steep snow, maybe 50 degrees. Going down, we went on the other side (heading SW), down a very steep rock scramble, which was fun. The rock is crumbly though, and you have to be careful of loose rocks and gravel. We had two fabulous, long glissades down pretty steep snow. 3400 ft gain, 9 miles, 8.0 hours" — markgarrett • Jun 2, 2018