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Mailbox Peak Loop
By
jmuckian
·
Jul 3rd, 2017
Mailbox Peak Loop
Hiking
We opted to do hike the old trail up as it was shorter and less popular. This is a steep hike, 4000 feet over 2.5 miles of unmaintained trail. For the most part, the trail isn’t too bad, and easy enough to follow. It’s supposed to be marked with white diamonds along the way, but these are sparsely placed. The trail is steep with a lot of tree roots and more climbing than hiking. After about a mile and a half the trail becomes hard to follow and you just kind of make your way up over the roots as best as you can. We made it though, and once you get to the point where it meets up with the new trail it’s much easier to follow.
Getting to the top of the peak is another tough climb; very steep, but over well maintained rock stairs and trail. The peak was quite busy, but great views from up there.
We decided to go back down the new trail to try to save our knees. The new trail is very well maintained and easy to follow, but it was a long hike down. Overall it took us about 6 hours up and down, with a break and the 2.5 mile hike up taking about 3 hours. A tough hike, but I’m glad we did it taking the old trail up.
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