North Ridge of Mailbox Peak

Carla, Laurie, and I parked at the Mailbox Peak trailhead and walked a short distance up the Middle Fork Road to the Granite Creek Road-Trail. After 2.4 miles on the Granite Creek Road-Trail we started ascending the north ridge of Mailbox Peak where the road curves to the right around the ridge. Most of the lower part of the ridge was a mess of blowdowns. Around 4,200' the ridge became choked with young trees and huckleberry bushes, we had to fight the forest for the next 500 vertical feet. Finally the ridge cleared off for a short section of nice scrambling to the summit of Mailbox Peak.

We descended via the trail.

Date:

2005/01/23

Round-trip distance:

7 miles

Elevation gain:

4,065 feet

Trip type:

bushwack/scramble

USGS quad:

Chester Morse Lake

In:

Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage, South Fork Snoqualmie Drainage

References:

Mailbox Peak via north ridge

Car-to-car:

6 hours 51 minutes

1 hour 5 minutes ascending from Mailbox Peak trailhead to intersection of Granite Creek Road-Trail and north ridge
3 hours 28 minutes ascending from intersection of Granite Creek Road-Trail and north ridge to summit of Mailbox Peak
1 hour 44 minutes descending from summit of Mailbox Peak to Mailbox Peak trailhead

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