Mailbox Peak. Short yet steep. 3 miles one way, 4100 ft gain. The first half mile is on a gravel road. Mostly forested. Maybe the last 3/4 mile is more or less open. A big talus field at the top (the trail goes around it). Can hear I-90's traffic all the way. View isn't bad, both north and south. But too cloudy today. Lots of pistachio shells on the top. Only one mailbox. Someone stuck a Canadian flag on it.
Direction: I-90 to exit 34. Turn north onto 468th St and follow it to the junction with the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road (Forest Road 56). Turn right and continue to the end of the pavement (about 3 miles from the I-90 exit). Turn right onto a gated road and park. Walk around the bar for 0.5 miles. The trail head is on the left.
Seattle Symphony's Beethoven Festival.
Gerard Schwarz, conductor Charlie Albright, piano Augusta Read Thomas: Of Paradise and Light for String Orchestra Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major
Somehow I have no impression of the new work. The junior college kid played piano very well, albeit a little rushed. He even played a substantial piece of encore.
