Activity Notes

Del Campo Peak is in the Monte Cristo area (near Darrington, Wash), a region with a rich history of attempted mining development in the early 1900s. These attempts were unsuccessful and the town of Monte Cristo abandoned. Del Campo is named for a mine on its slopes. Foggy Lake is nestled above Gothic Basin, a beautiful alpine basin surrounded by Del Campo Peak, Castle Rocks and Gothic Peak. 

Meet at Barlow Pass Trailhead, Friday July 9 at 1230PM. Hike into Foggy Lake, about 4 miles with 2900 ft elevation gain, and should take about 4 hours. Set up camp near lake.  

Saturday, Climb Del Campo in the morning.

The summit is about 0.5 miles NNW from Foggy Lake. Leave camp by 8 AM Saturday. From the east side of the lake, the standard route ascends a shoulder north of the lake and then climbs northwest until just left of a gully leading to a notch east of the summit. Climb left of the gully on ledges (class 3) until just above the notch and then move up the face to just below another notch on the SE buttress, bypass a 30 ft step and scramble to the summit on the NE side . We may use a fixed line and prussiks on the harder sections. We will descend the route, return to camp. Time about 4 hours round trip.  After a brief rest at camp, We will climb Gothic peak. It is approached by an Southwesterly traverse across Gothic basin and up to the SE summit ridge. A short scramble (class 2-3) on solid rock leads to the summit. Time from camp to summit 3hrs. Return to campsite later afternoon. 

 Spend another night at camp, them hike out early Sunday morning and drive home.

 

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