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Dirtybox Peak–Fire Training Academy trail, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area near Ragnar, WA. The route reaches Dirtybox Peak at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 3,516 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,572 – 4,948 ft · steepest grade: 47%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fire Training Academy trail 47.45629, -121.66106
Nearest town Ragnar, WA

Directions

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Dirtybox Peak–Fire Training Academy trail, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 3,516 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Elevation 1,573–4,948 ft

Out & Back · Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area

Trailhead: Fire Training Academy trail · 47.45629, -121.66106

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start on Fire Training Academy trail, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto Mailbox south trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right onto Mailbox Peak Old Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miBear right onto Mailbox Peak Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1 miReach Dirtybox Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1 miBear left onto Mailbox Peak Old Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 miSharp left onto Mailbox south trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miSharp left onto Fire Training Academy trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

80% dirt6% rock14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~119 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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