Hiking Mailbox Peak - 24 June 2000

A brutal, wet hike up to Mailbox Peak.

The Hike

Another Sunday, and I was bored. So I flipped through my hiking books, and found a hike I hadn't tried before: Mailbox Peak. It boasted of a 4000 foot gain in less than 3 miles. I figured I needed to start doing some training hikes, to get in shape for summer.

This one really kicked my butt. On the Kendall hike (see Hiking Kendall Katwalk - 10 June 2000 ) I had never really got tired. There I had to turn back only because of the snow. On this hike, I never saw any snow, but I had to pause to rest my legs several times on the way up and down.

Like the Kendall hike, it was wet and rainy. The wind wasn't too bad, and fortunately my Gore-Tex and polypro kept me dry and warm.

I found the trailhead, parked my truck, and walked about a half mile (150 foot elevation gain) on an old logging road. Then I found the turn-off for the trail.

This was so hard to find that it was more like an in-joke than