Mailbox Peak

The way up on the old trail was up up up! At one point it was very hard to tell where the trail was. The

I thought ellinor was tough…. sheesh. This trail started off a little steep, but it just kept getting steeper. At one point I thought… well

Our numbers (on AllTrails) when we finished this hike were higher than we were expecting – 12.3 miles, 4,167 ft elevation gain. We found it

Tough hike – took the new trail, which was longer, but nice and wide for keeping distance from other hikers.  Lots of switchbacks.

If you do this hike on a weekend start EARLY! I left the peak around 8:20 and I passed 30 hikers in the first half

Fellow Six Pack of Peaks Challenger, Johnny, and his dog Mara, and I made our first ever mountain summit on Sunday and scaled Mailbox Peak!