WESTSIDE CONDITIONING HIKES

[Holg3107]

Quote from: Holg3107 on February 11, 2015, 03:00:16 PM
Mailbox Peak! if you can do mailbox with a full pack your set. Short and steep, and I mean steep.

Granite mountain if you want a longer hike, fewer people, and great elevation.


Pretty sure Mailbox Peak is not accessible right now due to construction/paving on Middle Fork Road.
And it's all switchbacked now since they renovated it, so not as steep as it was.
 

Mailbox is open. Gate closes at 6pm so make sure you allow extra time. We were up there on Sunday and the trail was busy. Not real happy about the new trail as that was part of the beauty of the hike was that the trail was absolute garbage an kept people off of it. Still a good hike though, the boulder field has 0 snow which sucks otherwise nice hike.

[blackpowderhunter]

Quote from: Holg3107 on February 11, 2015, 03:00:16 PM
Mailbox Peak! if you can do mailbox with a full pack your set. Short and steep, and I mean steep.

Granite mountain if you want a longer hike, fewer people, and great elevation.


Pretty sure Mailbox Peak is not accessible right now due to construction/paving on Middle Fork Road.
And it's all switchbacked now since they renovated it, so not as steep as it was.
 

Mailbox is open. Gate closes at 6pm so make sure you allow extra time. We were up there on Sunday and the trail was busy. Not real happy about the new trail as that was part of the beauty of the hike was that the trail was absolute garbage an kept people off of it. Still a good hike though, the boulder field has 0 snow which sucks otherwise nice hike.

I was up at mailbox on Saturday..parking was PACKED but my girlfriend and I took the old trail which was EMPTY 
You can still access the old trail, just continue past the entrance to the new trail.

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

Tagging.

Done around 50 miles since February 1st.  Hitting it a few times a week.  Just capital peak here in oly and hanging cams in the elk.  Getting the bow dialed as well.  It's gonna be a good year.

[steeliedrew]

Got my Icon pro a couple weeks back and have been doing some 50lb walks around Carkeek Park lately.  I'm really wanting to get out and do some real hikes soon but not sure when i'll be able to break from house work. Anybody ever gone up to the Hidden Lake Lookout? I'd like to just go up for a day hike. Pretty spectacular views up there. 8 Mile round trip and decent elevation gains.  Winchester is another I'd like to do a day hike on although not a terribly long hike. Park Butte is Another longer one at 7.5 miles round trip.

[sirmissalot]

Wagon wheel is a good one and so is Mt Rose, one of the steepest in the Olympics. Ellinor is a good moderate hike with some great scenery, but its really popular and often over crowded. There's a couple real good leg burners in the Mt Margaret backcountry, the hunters trail is a real killer. We just hiked Marmot pass a couple weeks ago and although just a moderate incline its far enough in for a day hike it really makes it a good one for conditioning, especially with a loaded pack. We're doing Goat lake next, once we get some good weather again.

[xXLojackXx]

I'll be doing a weighted ascent of Mclellan Butte in the next couple weeks. Been working weekends lately, but I'm done with that after this week. Anybody want to jump on board for April 25?

[jackelope]

I'll be doing a weighted ascent of Mclellan Butte in the next couple weeks. Been working weekends lately, but I'm done with that after this week. Anybody want to jump on board for April 25?

I'll hopefully be shooting a turkey's face off that day.

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I haven't been hiking as much.  Been lifting a lot lately.  Jump rope at the house has been my cardio.  Need to get out soon.  Wish I was north I would join u.  But just to far to do consistently.

[xXLojackXx]

I've been hiking a bit lately. Mostly scouting so I haven't been inviting many people. Let's get a date set where a group of us can run the berry pickers off the side of the trail 

[stromdiddily]

Hit Cal Magnusson last night. First time up and a 30# pound pack...fun one for sure

[TylerMulie]

If you want to go on the hardest day hike on the Westside, Check out Lake of Angels. I'm an avid hiker and this hike was the hardest hike I've ever done. leg burner.

[luvmystang67]

Tagging this, love good hikes when I have time.

[TheHunt]

Mailbox Peak! if you can do mailbox with a full pack your set. Short and steep, and I mean steep.

Granite mountain if you want a longer hike, fewer people, and great elevation.

Pretty sure Mailbox Peak is not accessible right now due to construction/paving on Middle Fork Road.
And it's all switchbacked now since they renovated it, so not as steep as it was.

If you get there early you can park on the side of the road and hike it during the week.  Weekends are wide open.

[xXLojackXx]

McClellan Butte on Saturday June 13. Who's in??

[jackelope]

McClellan Butte on Saturday June 13. Who's in??

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