Yet another amazingly nice October day in 2008. Haven't been up to Gothic basin for around 10 years now so figured it would be worth another trip. It's been so dry I expected pretty much no snow, but somehow the mountains in the area had managed to accumulate maybe 10-15cm at higher elevations. Just enough to make the footing tricky. The lower lake was already frozen, and Foggy Lake was starting to freeze, so no swimming today. We reached the summit of Gothic peak right at our turn-around time and enjoyed the usual views although Rainier was just a ghost in the haze.