Parking lot full to overflow at 9:30a. Lots of folks using the lot as a place to park and spend the day in the river. Lower trail is fully dry and in good condition. Rocky and rough in places. Moderate traffic on the lower trail with perhaps a dozen parties encountered on the way up and 5 or so on the way down after 5p.
Trail above the second creek (Dirty Harry's Museum) is heavily overgrown with vegetation. Could be easily followed however. Lots of ripe native black berries and salmon berries. 1st and 2nd creeks had flowing water.
Encountered only two hikers on the upper trail to the peak. There is view over the backside of the peak down a near vertical face to a small lake. Not much else to remark on. The rating is of the hike seems correct to me.
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