Discover Pass

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Required:
- Ten Essentials
- Yellow Discover Pass for each vehicle

Yeah this is what you think it is, Mailbox Peak back-to-back.
We'll take the standard route/trail, twice.
Elevation gain is about 8000 ft.
Roundtrip distance is about 11 mi.
Plan for a long day, bring more water and food than usual.
The Middle Fork Rd splits for a while, but eventually rejoins.
The parking area is where the road turns to gravel.
There's no bathroom at the parking area.

The plan is a pace of about 2.5 hrs for each ascent, and about 2 hrs for each decent. At the midpoint we won't be returning all the way back down to the cars, instead we'll turn around at the wooden TH sign (elev 1020 ft) 0.3 mi from the parking area.
Here's a rough estimate of our times...

8:15am - 8:30am 8:30am - 1:15pm 1:15pm - 1:30pm 1:30pm - 6:15pm 6:15pm - 6:30pm

From cars to wooden TH sign via gravel road #1 (2.5 hr ascent, 15 min break, 2 hr decent) break at TH sign (change socks etc.) #2 (2.5 hr ascent, 15 min break, 2 hr decent) From wooden TH sign to cars via gravel road

Here's our approximate route...
...on a USGS topo map (zoom in for more detail)
...on a Google Terrain topo map (zoom in for more detail)
...as a KML file download for Google Earth and other apps

When to meet:
Sat 8am (be ready to leave the cars and start hiking at that time)
Where to meet:
The trailhead parking area, elev 810 ft
I-90 exit 34 then 3.0 mi NE to parking area
35 minutes from Bellevue
Lat/Long = 47.467637, -121.67449
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