Route: Del Campo Peak (Mountain Loop Highway)

Mountain Information:

• Name: Del Campo Peak
• Region:  North Cascades (Mountain Loop Highway)
• Summit Elevation: 6613 ft / 2016 m
• SummitPost Link: 
• http://www.summitpost.org/del-campo-peak/150640
• Peakbagger Link:  
• http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1808
• Mountaineers Link:  
• https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/routes-places/del-campo-6610
• WTA Link:   
• http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/del-campo-peak

Driving Directions:

• Trailhead: Gothic Basin Trailhead
• Co-ordinates: 48.025833, -121.443732
• Address: Monte Cristo Trail, Granite Falls, WA 98252
• Elevation:  2,360 ft
• Pass:  Northwest Forest Pass
• Directions 
• SummitPost: "Follow the Mountain Loop Highway from Granite Falls 30 miles, all the way to Barlow Pass (elevation 2400 feet), right across the street from the Goat Lake trail head. Park near the pullout and gate. Hike the Monte Cristo Road for about one mile (please see the red tape section wash-out details) to the South Fork Sauk River crossing where the Weden Creek Trail (FST 724) begins. Some folks will prefer to use a bicycle on this old road."
• Weather forecast
• Mountain Forecast
• National Weather Service
• Avalanche danger forecast:  
• Northwest Avalanche Center

Route Information: Foggy Lake

• Gain: 4,250 ft
• Round Trip:  8 miles
• Activity: Scramble
• Difficulty: Strenuous 4, Technical 5
• Season: July, August, September
• Source: https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/routes-places/del-campo-6610
• Existing tracks: 
• Peakbagger 2017-08-12: gpx file
• SummitPost:  gpx file, route map
• Caltopo Route: https://caltopo.com/m/1TPF

Peaks and Pass

Route Info

Standard Route

Route variations

Another Variation

Gothic - Del Campo Traverse

 Misc 

• Videos: 
• Del Campo Peak 2017-06-17
• Climbing Del Campo 08-10-14
• Del Campo Scramble, Jul 16, 2016
• Del Campo Peak 10/5-10/7/12
• Other Links: 
• WTA trip report 2017-08-03
• WTA trip report 2017-08-23
• http://tmber.com/
• Mountaineers trip report Jul 15, 2017
• Mountaineers trip report Jul 30, 2016
• NWHikers.net trip report Aug 13, 2017
• NWHikers.net trip report Oct 02, 2014
• GOTHIC Peak & DEL CAMPO Peak
• Notes: 
• Ascend to the shoulder north of the late, and then climb northwesterly until just left of the gully leading to a notch east of the Del Campo summit. Stay to the left of the gully while climbing ledges. You will need to use your hands here, but the ledges have many foot- and handholds and about any route upward from here will work. When you are at the notch, turn left (northwest) to the summit at 6610 feet.
• There is a new trail that takes out some of the road walk. It's about 0.75 miles from the trailhead and well signed.
• There are several smaller tarns just below Foggy Lake that sometimes cause some confusion. You will know you have found Foggy by the large size of it. At the widest aspect it is about one third of a mile wide.
• DO NOT DRINK any water from the South fork of the Sauk River or Weden Creek Basin. There are warnings posted on all the sign boards about significant levels of arsenic detected in the water. Water from higher up in the watershed near Gothic Basin should be safe so long as it is filtered or treated. It is also suggested that boots and trekking poles be rinsed off after the trip. Supposedly, orange tinted rocks and dirt may be the source of this arsenic.
• a helmet is highly recommended for rock falls

• Topo maps: CalTopo map.