Tried to catch the sunrise on Mailbox today. It ended up being just cloudy, but the amount of snow made it a memorable trip as it was a trail-breaking slog from the boulder field onwards.
Snow depth varied a bit, usually no more than knee-deep but the wind had drifted the snow and I found myself struggling almost waist-deep at times. With how fluffy and unconsolidated it was, it took some crawling and floundering to make headway at times but there's a bootpath for now as a fairly large group made it up with me! All good fun!
The rest of the old trail was business as usual, roots, rocks, muddy spots.
Used microspikes and poles, wish I had had my snowshoes for those last few hundred feet of vertical!
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Muledeer on Mailbox Peak - Old Trail
That bird, is he/she saying hand over the peanuts and no one gets hurt?
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Muledeer on Dec 23, 2025 05:02 PM
thenomadicartist on Mailbox Peak - Old Trail
Haha, it wanted the peanuts AND the cookies AND the sandwiches...it definitely looks like it's giving me the stare down and was unimpressed that I wouldn't hand over anything tasty!
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thenomadicartist on Dec 23, 2025 05:18 PM