{"id":1860,"date":"2011-05-20T21:58:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T05:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2011-12-01T08:50:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T16:50:29","slug":"mailbox-peak-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"Mailbox Peak Hike, May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mailbox Peak<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> May 20, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Difficulty:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a09 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Distance:<\/strong> 5 miles roundtrip<br \/>\n<strong>Elevation Gain:<\/strong> 4,000 feet<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 4 to 5 hours<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Near North Bend, Washington<br \/>\n<strong>Users Group:<\/strong> Hikers &amp; Dogs Only<br \/>\n<strong>Permits:<\/strong> No Permits Required<br \/>\n<strong>Trail Conditions:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Dry to Packed Snow (only on top)<br \/>\n<strong>Hiking With:<\/strong> my dog Macho<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=1860&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1860 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/001.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/001.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/001.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/001.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/001.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"1864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=1864\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/001.jpg?fit=3872%2C2592&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3872,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D80&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1305888976&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mt. Rainier was showing it&amp;#8217;s beauty today&amp;#8230;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mt. Rainier&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/001.jpg?fit=584%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1864'>\n\t\t\t\tMt. 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1867'>\n\t\t\t\tExcited To Hike\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I knew it was going to be a sunny warm day and I wanted a big work-out so I chose\u00c2\u00a0Mailbox Peak.\u00c2\u00a0 It was such a nice day, we\u00c2\u00a0hit our first 70 degree day this year&#8230;it was a perfect hiking day.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I was only hiking with my fearless dog Macho and I had all day to hike, I casually loaded up and got to the trailhead around 9:45 a.m.\u00c2\u00a0 There was five cars in the parking lot when I drove up&#8230;.which meant\u00c2\u00a0there were\u00c2\u00a0only a few people on the trail.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The trail was pretty much dry until you came out on the first opening on top, there was packed snow which wasn&#8217;t that bad to hike on.\u00c2\u00a0 The rock field was free of snow, but most people were taking the thick snow to the north of the rocks.\u00c2\u00a0 After the rocks, the trail to the top was free of snow until you reached the top, which had so much snow, there was no signs of the Mailbox.\u00c2\u00a0 I found a dry rock and took my boots off and shared a Starbuck&#8217;s turkey sandwich with Macho.\u00c2\u00a0 It was such a beautiful day, I sat on top for nearly a hour.\u00c2\u00a0 On the way down, I was feeling the Mt. Si hike I did two days earlier&#8230;my legs were tired and stiff.\u00c2\u00a0 At the bottom, I stopped at the creek to wash the mud off of\u00c2\u00a0Macho and rinsed the sweat from my face and hair.\u00c2\u00a0 On the way home I stopped for a 9 Pound porter at the North Bend Bar &amp; Grill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mailbox Peak Date: May 20, 2011 Difficulty:\u00c2\u00a09 out of 10 Distance: 5 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 4,000 feet Time: 4 to 5 hours Location: Near North Bend, Washington Users Group: Hikers &amp; Dogs Only Permits: No Permits Required Trail Conditions:\u00c2\u00a0Dry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=1860\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[145,124,93,20],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-difficult-hikes","tag-hiking","tag-mailbox-peak","tag-north-bend-bar-grill","tag-rick-freeman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jXSd-u0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2284,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/2284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}