Mailbox Peak and Dirtybox Peak

Carla, Laurie, Logan (the dog), and I parked at the Mailbox Peak trailhead and headed up the trail to Mailbox Peak. At the summit of Mailbox Peak, we pushed on to our primary destination, point 4926, which I have dubbed Dirtybox Peak. Dirtybox is the peak between Mailbox Peak and Dirty Harry's Peak, it is taller than Mailbox and Dirty Harry's. It seems odd to me that it doesn't gave a name, given the popularity of the two lesser peaks that surround it.

We found it easiest to stay on the south side of the ridge, sometimes dropping down 50 feet or so to bypass rocky sections. At one point we hit a short class 3 section where Logan had to jump into a tree to get through, I wish I had seen that. Other than that section, it was all straight-forward class 2 to the summit.

The summit was a high point on a narrow, treed ridge, with a cairn on top of a boulder.

On the way back we bypassed the summit of Mailbox Peak by traversing the south side of the to regain the trail on the west ridge.

Date:

2006/12/09

Elevation gain:

4,180 feet

Trip type:

scramble

USGS quad:

Chester Morse Lake

In:

Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage, South Fork Snoqualmie Drainage

Car-to-car:

6 hours 57 minutes

41 minutes driving there from Capitol Hill to Mailbox Peak traillhead
2 hours 46 minutes ascending from Mailbox Peak traillhead to summit of Mailbox Peak
23 minutes ascending from summit of Mailbox Peak to summit of Mailbox Peak
2 hours 41 minutes descending from summit of Point 4926 to Mailbox Peak traillhead
43 minutes driving back from Mailbox Peak traillhead to Capitol Hill

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