Gothic Basin — Friday, Jun. 23, 2006

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

Lovely early summer day, trail relatively uncrowded. Only encountered four other parties. Still snow pack on the first of the three gullies, no post-holing. After two and a quarter hours, I was blocked by snow at 4075', .56 miles straight line from Foggy Lake (N47 59.151, W121 27.316). This blow-down consists of a big wedge of snow with tree debris on the far side. This is shortly after the Kong showerbath coming off Del Campo Peak, so at least you get to enjoy that! Total roundtrip time with a leisurely lunch was about five hours.