A scramble of Gothic Peak on 9/22/2012 and Del Campo Peak on 9/23/2012. We left from Barlow Pass and hiked the approach trail to Foggy Lake, an approach of about 3,000 vertical feet in around 3 miles. We set up camp in thick cold fog. From the camp we then scrambled Gothic Peak. Gothic is just over a thousand vertical feet from foggy lake and took about one hour 15 minutes from the lake and about one hour for the descent. Much of the climb was over very rough talus, difficult going, until we gained the southeast ridge just below the summit. It would probably have been better to gain the ridge directly above the lake. From the ridge a 100 foot rock scramble with moderate exposure, more difficult than expected, led to the summit.
Over night the clouds lifted and the next morning we left for Del Campo at 6:30 am. Del Campo is north-northwest of foggy lake and is about 1500 vertical feet above the lake. We rounded the lake on the east side and climbed a nice climbers' boot path up the ridge just north of the lake. At the end of the boot path we scrambled over loose talus boulders to the cliffs of Del Campo. We headed up a gully visible from the lake as a notch east of the summit. Three-fourths of the way up the gully, we accessed the climbing route on a narrow shelf. The scrambling route involved somewhat difficult rock scrambling with some exposure. There are very good handholds, jugs, throughout the route. But much of the rock is fractured, making most handholds at least somewhat suspect. At least 500 vertical feet of rock scrambling leads to the summit. Downclimbing involved a combination of face-in and face-out descending of the same route. We were back at camp at 10:30am making four hours round trip.
The approach trail:
Over night the clouds lifted and the next morning we left for Del Campo at 6:30 am. Del Campo is north-northwest of foggy lake and is about 1500 vertical feet above the lake. We rounded the lake on the east side and climbed a nice climbers' boot path up the ridge just north of the lake. At the end of the boot path we scrambled over loose talus boulders to the cliffs of Del Campo. We headed up a gully visible from the lake as a notch east of the summit. Three-fourths of the way up the gully, we accessed the climbing route on a narrow shelf. The scrambling route involved somewhat difficult rock scrambling with some exposure. There are very good handholds, jugs, throughout the route. But much of the rock is fractured, making most handholds at least somewhat suspect. At least 500 vertical feet of rock scrambling leads to the summit. Downclimbing involved a combination of face-in and face-out descending of the same route. We were back at camp at 10:30am making four hours round trip.
The approach trail:
View from the campsite at foggy lake:
Del Campo from Foggy Lake:
Gothic Peak from Foggy Lake, the leftmost peak in the background:
The scrambling route up Del Campo:
Del Campo in the early morning:
The rock scrambling on Del Campo:
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