Route: Dirty Harry's Peak and Web Mountain (I-90 Corridor)

Mountain Information:

 Dirty Harry's Peak

• Name: Dirty Harry's Peak
• Region:  Central Cascades (I-90 Corridor)
• Summit Elevation: 4680 ft / 1426 m
• SummitPost Link: http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/422715
• Peakbagger Link: http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=25989
• WTA Link:  http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/dirty-harrys-peak

Web Mountain

• Name: Web Mountain
• Region:  Central Cascades (I-90 Corridor)
• Summit Elevation: 5335 ft / 1626 m
• SummitPost Link: http://www.summitpost.org/web-mountain/656287
• Peakbagger Link: http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=25994
• WTA Link:  http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/webb-mountain

Driving Directions:

• Trailhead:  Dirty Harry's Balcony - Trailhead
• Co-ordinates: 47.4313276,-121.6345487

• Address: North Bend, WA 98045

• Elevation: 1200 ft
• Pass:  Discover Pass
• Directions: "From Seattle drive east on I-90 and take exit 38, SE Homestead Valley Road. Turn right and follow the signs to "State Fire Training Center,” driving 1.8 miles. This will lead you to an intersection. Turn left to go under the freeway. 0.2 mile later, come to a gate. This gate is well marked: "Locked after 4 pm daily." Do not risk getting locked in (there are hefty fines), and park just outside this gate"
• Weather forecast
• Mountain Forecast
• National Weather Service
• Avalanche danger forecast
• Northwest Avalanche Center
  

Route Information:

• Gain: 4000-5400ft
• Round Trip: 10-12 miles
• Difficulty: Winter Scramble
• Season: All year around
• Source: http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/dirty-harrys-peak
• Existing tracks: http://caltopo.com/m/1043
• Related Trip Report: http://runningwildwa.blogspot.com/2015/06/web-mountain-loop.html
• Caltopo Route: http://caltopo.com/m/RTNT#
• Plan A: No optional paths, i.e., path 1-6,  RT 10.6 miles, gain 4403ft.
• Plan B: Path 1-6 and optional path 7, RT 11.72 miles, gain 5423ft.
• Plan C: Path 1-6 and optional path 8, RT 10.22 miles, gain 4098ft.
• Plan D: Path 1-6 and optional path 7 and 8, RT 11.34 miles, gain 5118ft.

Misc 

• Videos: 
• Dirty Harry's Balcony and Peak Trail
• Web Mountain
• Putrid Pete's Peak, Webb Mountain - West Defiance
• Other Links: 
• nwhikers.net report 
• hikingwithmybrother report
• Dirty Harry - Web - P3 Loop
• Notes: 
• Web Mountain is usually climbed via P3, for example, this report and the GPS track.
• Optional route (#8 Ridge via Coincidence Point): the Upper Granite Pond could be reached from the Coincidence Point ( 1302 m / 4272 ft). For example, this report, GPS track, and Flick photos.
• Web Mountain can be ascended from Dirty Harry's Trail (#7 Path to Web MT). For example, this report described as follows. "We parked at the trailhead for Dirty Harry's Peak, on the north side of Exit 38, and headed up the paved road that leads to a fire training area. After less than a mile we headed right up Dirty Harry's road-trail. Around 3,500' the trail fork at the bottom of a talus field, the route to Dirty Harry's Peak goes left and our route was straight ahead. The trail countoured below the talus field as it headed ENE toward a small tarn at 4,353', Greentrails maps show this trail to the tarn. From the tarn we followed a flagged path ESE up the basin that is west of Web Mountain. Because of snow on the north side of the ridge, we stayed in the basin instead of taking the ridge and ascended on a talus field to the summit. This was a surprisingly brush-free and aesthetic route. For an after-hours trip it was fairly ambitious, we got back to the cars at 11:30 PM". This route is included in this Dirty-Web-Putrid Loop GPS track and another GPS track. But need to check avalanche danger.
• The midforkrock map shows a ridge path from Web Mountain down to Dirty Harry's Trail (#9 Ridge down Web MT). But it may be dangerous in winter due to unstable snow and cornices.
  
• Topo maps: printouts