This report will cover everything after P3 (most reports here have to do with P3 and have plenty of great information). On a very busy Sunday (Ira Springs Trail parking lot/road completely full at 1100AM), we were thankful to encounter only 3-4 parties total on our ascent to P3, and zero for the rest of the day.
Everything up to Web Mountain is completely snow free. The traverse over from Web to P3 is far easier than that last stretch of uphill to P3, and is a welcome break. There are plenty of different paths forged over time, and as long as one doesn't go over the ridgeline/towards large boulders or go too far downhill, it's pretty hard to go wrong. The sitting area for Web is actually much nicer than the P3 area!
Down to Dirty Harry's Bathtub, there's no route or boot path, so ofc don't do this if you're not into route-finding/off-trail navigation. There were quite a few snowfields to navigate, but thankfully the snow was still pretty deep and was fairly soft. We elected to descend the talus fields for the higher angle areas, and then walked on the snow for almost the rest of the way down. Microspikes and poles helped, though the snow was pretty soft and easy to step in without postholing through.
The trail to Dirty Harry's Peak trail begins on the other side of the talus southwest of Dirty Harry's Bathtub (a hilarious name for such a beautiful area). It is an unmaintained trail for 0.7 miles, then a mile on the incredibly well maintained peak trail, and finally, a little less than a mile on the Ira Spring Connector trail (fairly unmaintained), then you're basically home free.
There are many opportunities for water filtration from creeks/streams, listed as follows: one at the top of the switchbacks for P3, a few leading down to Dirty Harry's Bathtub, a few crossing Dirty Harry's Peak trail, a few crossing the Ira Spring Connector trail.
By far, we spent the most amount of time on the final ascent of P3, traversing to Web, and descending to the bathtub, even though this stretch is less than a mile and a half (slowed from ~2MPH to ~0.5MPH).
Final mileage count should end up somewhere around 8.5-9 miles, depending on route taken.
Comments
Thanks for the intel! I'm hoping to get back to the Bathtub from the DHPT, so it is really helpful to know that the way down from the Bathtub to the main DHPT is open. It's kind of steep but not bad till you get to the old road section which is pretty brushy.
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Greg Nieminen on Jun 02, 2025 09:13 AM