AJScott Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Drove up Friday night to the trail head, and met Adam. We woke up pretty early on Saturday and hiked up to Royal Basin Lake, and continued up to the upper basin, then continued and set up camp at the base of this minor peak of Deceptions ridge. We hiked to the top of it before nightfall to check stuff out. We encountered the best climbing of the trip on solid sandy colored rock that had a really pleasent texture. Too bad the Olympics doesnt have more of this stuff! Got a good view of the surroundings from there, and decided on a tentative plan for the next day. From camp we hiked up and over a minor peak, and over to Fricaba. Here is the view from there looking at Hal Foss and Mt. Mystery. Followed a ridge down and up to Hal Foss. From Foss we decended to the Glacier and connected with Route 3 for Mystery. You can toss moss, but Hal Foss is Choss Boss! Mystery went smoothly for how bad it looked like it was going to be. We got to the summit and the N. Peak looked higher so I went over and Climbed that as well, it is lower. If your up there, I would recommend the N. Summit, Its a great class 4 summit, on a nice summit block. Thats it in the lower left hand corner, with the main summit behind Adam. Made it down to the lake in time for a good swim before the sun went down. BEUTIFUL lake, and very warm. We made the hike from the lake in a single push for cold beers in the river. 3 of the Olympics big 7+'s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremerton_john Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Looked like a good time. I'm thinking of heading up there over Labor Day weekend. The upper basin appears to be drying out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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