1304. Grant's Mistress (02/11/23)

Hikers (11): Christina, Giulia, Hong, Manfred, Mihail, Milon, Peter M, Qi, Sophie, Steve, Yipeng
Distance: 13 miles
Rating: 3 difficulty, 10 beauty
Park info: Grant Ranch County Park near San Jose

Steve owes a writeup! -- Pictures by Qi, Sophie and Steve

We successfully took an old ranch road on the way up, creating a nicer loop on the way up. Great to find something new and adventurous somewhere we've been many times. It definitely does not get a lot of traffic, but was mostly clear.

Besides a small amount of frozen rain near the summit, the weather was quite nice.

Manfred picked up Jeff's rose tradition!

The always-muddy Foothill Trail

First crossing

Assembling after second crossing

Back on the normal route

Visiting cloudy Grant's Mistress

Icy summit branches

Last stream crossing

Post party was warmer than expected

Milestones:
Christina's 180^th leaf
Hong's 150^th leaf
Steve's 1020^th leaf

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