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Dirtybox Peak via Mailbox Peak Old Trail 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 52% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,552 – 4,941 ft · steepest grade: 52%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 via Mailbox Peak Old Trail

5 mi · ▲ 3,516 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Elevation 1,552–4,940 ft

Out & Back · Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area

Trailhead: Fire Training Academy trail · 47.45629, -121.66106

Weather Jul 18: Overcast, high 70°F / low 53° · precip 4% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:29 AM · sunset 8:58 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

OvercastTemperature 70°F53°
Precip4%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity82%
Hourly temperature
70°50°
Sunrise 5:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:58 PM
Sun 74°51°
Mon 86°58°
Tue 90°65°
Wed 87°66°
Thu 87°61°
Fri 72°52°