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Dirtybox Peak via Mailbox Peak Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area near Ragnar, WA. The route reaches Dirtybox Peak. It climbs 4,364 ft, with sections as steep as 48% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 4,941 ft · steepest grade: 48%9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Loop Trail 47.46525, -121.68053
Nearest town Ragnar, WA

Directions

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Dirtybox Peak via Mailbox Peak Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 4,364 ft · 5 hr 19 min

Elevation 841–4,940 ft

Out & Back · Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area

Trailhead: Big Loop Trail · 47.46525, -121.68053

Weather Jul 18: Overcast, high 73°F / low 55° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:28 AM · sunset 8:59 PM

  1. Start on Big Loop Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Grouse Basin Loop Path, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Grouse Ridge way, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mailbox Peak Old Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.5 miBear right onto Mailbox Peak Trail, heading SE.
  6. 1 miReach Dirtybox Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 5.4 miBear left onto Grouse Ridge way, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto Grouse Basin Loop Path, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Loop Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.1 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

86% dirt9% gravel2% rock3% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 73°F55°
Precip3%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 5:28 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:59 PM
Sun 80°53°
Mon 89°61°
Tue 92°68°
Wed 90°68°
Thu 89°64°
Fri 75°54°