Tom Dick and Harry Mountain is located about an hour away from Portland. It is very close to Government Camp in Mount Hood National Forest. The trail to Tom Dick and Harry Mountain summit starts right off Highway 26. The trail head is the same trail head as the Mirror Lake trail. In face, half of the trail to Tom Dick and Harry Mountain summit is the same trail that goes to Mirror Lake. Once you reached Mirror Lake, Tom Dick and Harry Mountain trail branches off and goes on for another 1.6 miles. It is not a difficult trail and the elevation gain is not substantial. It is definitely a good day hike to reach the top of the mountain.
Similarly, when doing this trail, it is the best to get there early before 8 so that you can secure a parking space. Otherwise you will have to park your car at Skibowl and walk 1 mile back down to trail head. Once we reached Mirror Lake, we went onto Tom Dick and Harry Mountain trail. We did not see anyone when we walked on this trail. We were thinking that most people probably just enjoyed their time by the lake. Some parts of the trail here are actually quite narrow and we had to be a bit careful when walking on the rocky trail.
After about a mile of climb, the trail makes left turn onto the ridge of the mountain. This part is super easy and the trail is almost flat to walk on. There were a lot of flies and bees buzzing around, which was extremely annoying. About 20 minutes later, we got to the final part of the trail where we had to climb over the rocky hill to reach the top. Once we got to the top, we saw quite a lot of people are already here enjoying the view.
The view from the top was simply amazing. We could see Mount Hood, of course. We could also see Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams, and Mount Jefferson. The view was just unbelievable. We could also see Mirror Lake down below.
Overall, this is an amazing trail. Not only that it provides amazing view, it is also a fairly easy trail to reach the top of the summit. We highly recommend people to do this trail!
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