10/5, Saturday, cloudy. It was supposed to clear up in the afternoon. Arrived at TH just before 1pm, after correction my wrong direction at Cle Elum. It was almost sunny until we hit the trail. A long line of cars.
About a mile from the pass, it started to hail lightly. I didn't even bring a rain jacket, just a shell, but it worked fine. The larch in the Headlight Basin was just started to turn color. 2 weeks later than last year. Snow on trail, so very muddy. I put spikes on based on recent trip report. But opted not to use it on the way out. Too many rocks. 
The lake is not as pretty without the sun, nor the peaks which were hiding in the clouds. A lot of people. A few tents.The sun came out for ~10 minutes when we hiked back to Ingalls Pass. Took most of my photos then. Very pretty with both larch and snow. As we hiked down to the TH, it snowed for at least 30 minutes.
Not as cold as last weekend. A fine day out.
