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Mount Mystery and Hal Foss Peak

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This is the view to the south from the low point in the ridge east of Mount Deception. Below is wonderful Deception Basin, the Mystery Glacier and the glacial lake. The peak to the left is Hal Foss Peak and to the right is Mount Mystery. 7/14/08

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lcarreau

Sweet shot !

Voted 10/10

Glad you managed to finally get up Deception
Creek. Looks like a large amount of snow still
remaining! Looks like Deception Basin would be
a beautiful place to set up camp!

Posted Jul 18, 2008 11:57 am


	shredzerr	Re: Sweet shot !
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Larry. Yeah, there is quite the amount of snow this year. The basin is amazing and made for the perfect camp for two nights, but I did not ascend the creek to get there. Rather, I descended into the valley via Royal Basin.
		Posted Jul 21, 2008 3:05 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Sweet shot !
	Voted 10/10	Got it - sounds like you came in from the Dungeness River side. The Dosewallips approach must be extremely long, beginning at Camp Muscott!! What a WOW place to camp! Any bears??
		Posted Jul 21, 2008 4:06 pm


	shredzerr	Re: Sweet shot !
	Hasn't voted	Starting from Camp Muscott would be nice but the hike is extended by 5.5 miles on account of the Dosewallips road washout from years back. No bear encountered in the basin though I wouldn't have been suprised; did see marmots and a fox running across a talus slope which was nice.
		Posted Jul 21, 2008 11:20 pm


	OlympicMtnBoy	Re: Sweet shot !
	Voted 10/10	besides, who wants to bushwack up Deception Creek with a full pack? Having just camped there recently (At Deception Creek) it's more of a river than the Dosewallips is, and the water is much colder. It would be a killer to get up Mystery from that side; almost 6,000 feet of elevation gain in only a few short miles.....ouch!
		Posted Oct 10, 2008 9:14 pm


	shredzerr	Re: Sweet shot !
	Hasn't voted	I once made an attempt at an ascension of Deception Creek that didn't quite work out. If there is a way-trail up the creek I was not able to discern it...at all. A traverse of Del Monte Ridge sounds more enticing.
		Posted Oct 15, 2008 2:02 am