Tuesday, May 22, 2007

2007-05-19 Mt. Si (Old Big Si Trail)

7.0 mile round trip (Old Big Si Trail 2.4 mi via Little Si Trail 0.5 mi and Boulder Garden Loop Trail 0.6 mi)
Map offline: Green Trails Maps™ No 206S
Map online: TerraServer USA
Trailhead coordinate: Lat: 47.486962, Long: -121.754866; Alt: 500 ft.
Elevation gain: 3,667 ft.
Max elevation: Lat: 47.507778, Long: -121.738889; Alt: 4,167 ft.
Hike time: up ↑ 3:00; break ↔ 0:05; down ↓ 1:40; Total ⇅ 4:45
Effort: Hard
Trail difficulty: Difficult

A work associate of mine, Andrei, told me about the Mt. Si old trail. It's steeper than the main trail but ends up at the same place. Jon P and I completed the whole hike in 4:45. It took us 3 hours to get up and the remainder down. Pretty good time for me!



USGS map.



The Snoqualamie river bends around Mt Si.





North bend. Clearer this time than last.





Consider it conquered!




John reflects on North Bend, life.


1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi... I also climbed Mt Si years ago.... Took city Buses from Seattle up to North Bend and walked to the base of the mountain and slept... Next Morning I hiked up the trail.... Was an experience I'll always remember.... Was glad to see the pictures and read your blog.... John