Dirtybox Peak & Mailbox Peak Old Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area near Ragnar, WA. The route reaches Dirtybox Peak at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 4,252 ft, with sections as steep as 56% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi837 – 4,948 ft · steepest grade: 56%5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mailbox Peak Trailhead 47.46713, -121.67269
Nearest town Ragnar, WA
Directions
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Dirtybox Peak & Mailbox Peak Old Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 4,252 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 837–4,948 ft
Out & Back · Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: Mailbox Peak Trailhead · 47.46713, -121.67269
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 68°F / low 50° · precip 56% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Grouse Ridge way, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mailbox Peak Old Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Mailbox Peak Trail, heading E.
- 1 miReach Dirtybox Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left onto Mailbox Peak Old Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Grouse Ridge way, heading NW.
- 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
83% dirt11% gravel6% rock
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 68°F50°
Precip56%Wind3 mphUV5Humidity61%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sat
69°51°
53%
Sun
71°50°
17%
Mon
70°51°
18%
Tue
79°52°
Wed
87°60°
Thu
74°59°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~147 min). Leave by 4:56 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Mailbox Peak Trailhead Trailhead
- Fire Training Academy trail–Mailbox Peak Old Trail, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 873 ft
- Grouse Basin Loop Path–Grouse Ridge way, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Fire Training Academy trail–Mailbox Peak Old Trail Loop, 4 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 3,026 ft
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