Dirty Harry's Peak — Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024

Anyone forget to pick up their 10 lb. barbell on the way out? We found one on a rock beside the trail, shortly before the creek crossing on the way up.

Our destination was actually the "benches", at 3,400', over a mile from the peak proper. Saw more clouds than views. Trail was entirely snow free. The big creek crossing was a little tricky for this 5'1" gal. The taller folks did fine with trekking poles. A lovely hike. We had the way up and the benches all to ourselves. Then ran into a solo hiker and several groups heading up when we were heading down. The trail is in really good shape and well signed. 

I picked up a bit of garbage on the way out, including several wads of TP and an orange peel. For those who didn't know, TP takes about 5 weeks to decompose while orange peels take about 6 months. And no one wants to look at your trash any more than you want to look at theirs.