Ever since Andrew and I climbed Vesper Peak and the other peaks around Vesper Lake, we've wanted to repeat that with Gothic Basin. So, when we needed a training backpacking trip, we decided to load up our packs and do an overnight.

Camped by Foggy Lake, enjoyed a full moon rise during dinner, then climbed Del Campo Peak in the morning, followed by a spicy traverse over to Gothic Peak where we climbed the north ridge instead of the usual southeast face route.

Ended up being 12 miles and 4900 feet of elevation gain.

See full trip report at https://www.wta.org/gohiking/tripre...

00:15 Trail splits
00:47 Snow bridge
01:44 Tree across trail
02:56 Entering Gothic Basin
03:59 Foggy Lake and camp
04:33 Full moon rise
04:59 Sunrise
05:32 Ridge to Del Campo
05:58 Del Campo climb
07:37 Del Campo summit
08:25 Downclimb
08:58 To Foggy Pass
09:34 Slabs to Gothic Peak
09:57 North ridge scramble
10:49 Gothic Peak Summit
11:19 Downclimb on standard route
11:34 Randkluft
12:14 Back at camp
12:41 Slot waterfall