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Still had some good time before that segment, and good views on Mailbox Peak Summit, and the surrounding mounts.

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View of Songbird Peak near Hall Creek. Snow is covering the top, under a blue sky. The nice and easy part of development road 9023. The flat and narrow mountain road is covered by a foot of snow. Far away view of Mailbox Peak Summit and other neighbor mounts, taken from a viewpoint near Hall Creek.
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
But... the hike was horrible 😭

My fault. I wanted to do a loop through a development road. It was full of branches and trees, very hard to proceed. I pushed through thinking it would get better. It never did.

That last segment was just pain. I turned around.

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A map of the trail I did, showing the terrain, distance and elevation gain. I put a 👍 to show the good part of the trail, and a ☠️ to show the pure pain segment.
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
jeffinsea.bsky.social
I was lucky to see the sun rise while hiking around Hall Creek yesterday. The sun was shining light on the tops of the surrounding mountains, giving them pink-orange shades and even a rainbow!

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The rising sun casts rays to the very top of a mount near Hall Creek. The mount is snowy, full of evergreens, and it's top is bright orange thanks to the sun light. The rising sun sends rays to the very top of a Mailbox Peak Summit. The valley is still kind of dark, but the top is bright orange thanks to the sun light. A snowy mount full of trees and snow, in the glowing light of the morning. The sun is casting rays on a very thin slice of the top. Rainbow at sunrise, seen on top of a mount near Hall Creek. Thanks to the morning mist in the air.
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM