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Dirtybox Peak via 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 4,256 ft, with sections as steep as 57% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 4,941 ft · steepest grade: 57%5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Grouse Ridge way 47.46718, -121.67252
Nearest town Ragnar, WA

Directions

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Dirtybox Peak via Mailbox Peak Old Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 4,256 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 853–4,940 ft

Out & Back · Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area

Trailhead: Grouse Ridge way · 47.46718, -121.67252

Weather Jul 18: Overcast, high 73°F / low 56° · precip 3% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:29 AM · sunset 8:58 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Grouse Ridge way, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Mailbox Peak Old Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.5 miBear right onto Mailbox Peak Trail, heading E.
  4. 1 miReach Dirtybox Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miBear left onto Mailbox Peak Old Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.5 miTurn right onto Grouse Ridge way, heading NW.
  7. 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

82% dirt12% gravel6% rock

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Weather

OvercastTemperature 73°F56°
Precip3%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 5:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:58 PM
Sun 78°53°
Mon 89°61°
Tue 92°68°
Wed 89°68°
Thu 89°64°
Fri 75°54°