{"id":3120,"date":"2012-11-09T23:03:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T07:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2012-11-18T16:22:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T00:22:56","slug":"mailbox-peak-hike-november-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=3120","title":{"rendered":"Mailbox Peak Hike, November 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mailbox Peak<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> November 9, 2012<br \/>\n<strong>Difficulty:<\/strong> 9 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> Discovery Pass<br \/>\n<strong>Trail Conditions:<\/strong> Dry<br \/>\n<strong>Hiking With:<\/strong> Me and my dog Macho<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1352469513&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Start of the new &amp;#8220;easier&amp;#8221; trail, not open yet.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;New Trail&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/New-Trail.jpg?fit=584%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3125'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Trail\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=3126'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Mailbox.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Mailbox.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Mailbox.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Mailbox.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"3126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=3126\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Mailbox.jpg?fit=2592%2C1936&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1352463595&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0014577259475219&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"It was socked in on top, no views to be had&amp;#8230;.still had the mailbox!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Mailbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Mailbox.jpg?fit=584%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3126'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Mailbox\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nIt&#8217;s hard to find friends on a Friday to hike the steep Mailbox Peak, so I was solo today with my wonder dog Macho.  The last time I was up at the Mailbox was five months ago and between hikes the State of Washington started on a new easier trail.  Due to numerous people getting lost or beyond their skill set, there have been numerous rescues.  There is also a new large asphalt parking lot with trailhead toilets.  <\/p>\n<p>When I first started this hike back in 2002, there was only a toothbrush that was hanging from a tree that marked the trail.  The small gravel parking lot would only have two to three cars at the most.  You could always count on Mailbox Peak to be free of the casual hikers that congest the neighboring Mt. Si peak.  I am worried that this new easier trail will attract those casual hikers and the Mailbox becomes the next Mt. Si.<\/p>\n<p>Macho and I made it up in good time, 1 \u00c2\u00bd hours up\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6it might be my best time yet.  The trail was dry to damp to a little frozen on top.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mailbox Peak Date: November 9, 2012 Difficulty: 9 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: Discovery Pass Trail Conditions: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=3120\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[124,20],"class_list":["post-3120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-difficult-hikes","tag-mailbox-peak","tag-rick-freeman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jXSd-Ok","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120","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=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3137,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions\/3137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}