Kind of an odd choice for a hike tonight. First time on the Granite Creek Connector Trail. It's a nice little trail and goes through some pleasant forest with a nice mix of trees. Many small stream crossings.
For some reason I thought it might be fun to bushwhack up Dirtybox's east ridge. I decided to abandon that and head up Mailbox's north ridge instead because the lighting was perfect. It would have been very dim lighting heading up to Dirtybox.
Anyway, I headed south straight up the ridge towards Mailbox. TONS of fallen trees to scramble over, under and navigate around for the majority of it. Steep from 2000'-2800' or so. Choked with dense, young trees and blueberry bushes towards the top. Saw the fire hydrant below the summit.
Pretty cool when you burst through the dense trees and see the Mailbox right in front of you. Clouds were racing up the mountain towards me on the summit. It was beautiful up there, I wish my pictures could do it justice. Rested awhile and made my way down through the clouds.
It was nice to get below the talus and start running down. I took the new trail down for a ways, first time on it. I pefer the ridge trail or old trail. Rather than take it all the way down and walk the road, I spontaneously bushwhacked to the Granite Creek Connector.
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