Mt Si trail...up and up


Mt Si Mist 1


Mt Si Mist 2


Mt Si today with Andrea: success! (Note - we did "Little Si" on Tuesday, and it was a good warm-up hike.) Mt Si is the bigger, more established trail. Two hours to the top was our goal, and we made it in an hour and 50 minutes.
I won't say that Little Si on Tuesday was "a piece of cake", but...
Mt Si was UP, up, and more up. The trail was mostly incline, with very few level spots, but oh the exhilaration!, and the views, once we reached the top. I do understand what I heard about people using this hike to prepare for Mt Rainier. "To make it up in 1 hr 58 minutes with a full pack"? Something like that.
The last part before you reach the top is nothing but rock. There's a Forest Service sign about the "Snoqulamie Viewpoint" and the "Haystack Scramble" with more Up arrows, and the words "Use Extreme Caution".
We're already planning more hikes, and I'm sifting through my memories of our favorite ocean hikes, Crest Trail, Carbon Glacier, the Olympics...