Mailbox Peak - Old Trail, Web Mountain via Putrid Pete's Peak — Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

A report for this peak was submitted earlier this week. I climbed the peak, Pt.4926, by an what I think is an easier approach. Climb Mailbox and then traverse over the final 1/2 mile. Up and down in 4 hours. Mailbox Peak has a new mailbox as well as a more solemn addition of a memorial fire hydrant. It is an authentic red hydrant which must have been helicoptered in as it weighs at least 50 lbs. The names of perhaps two dozen people are welded onto the plug. In addition the rim of the hydrant has the words, ""In memory of those who gave their lives on 9-11-01."" As the peak overlooks the Fire Academy below it is an appropriate venue for the memorial but undertones the whimsy of the experience looking in the mailbox. There are several unopened letters awaiting the lucky people to whom they are addressed. And if you are incredibly down on your luck the Dr. Suess book has a dollar bill in it with two climbers autographed names on the front.