Mount Si

Well, being lazy somewhat paid off. I did not want to set an alarm, forgot about Daylight Savings or Standard or whatever time kicked in today and did not want to drive far in the gray weather.

So when I got up at about 6:30am and the weather radio said it was 5:30am, I remembered what I forgot. Nodded off a bit longer and decided on Mt Si.

Got to the parking lot and there were already folks returning - now that is an early start. Headed up and being Mt Si, headed up some more. The sun lit up the trail in places and felt nice as it highlighted various shrubs and trees. Then above Snag Flats, the clouds blocked the sun and it got a bit chilly. Near the top, the sun emerged again and it felt nice on the very wet shirt.

My pace, if you can call crawling a pace, slowed a bit. But I emerged into the open area where the sun came out once again. Up the two flights of stone steps and the rime flocked the trees and flattened vegetation looking very sparkly. There were some small patches of snow but the flocking appeared due to the fog/clouds freezing as it wafted around the trees and shrubs.

The upper bench was wet from thawing so found a rock to sit on and take in the warming sun. Headed down to the view over Snoqualmie Valley and North Bend. Rainier was hidden by the clouds.

Down was its slow tromp against the hikers coming up. Not as many as the last time but still enough adventurous folks doing Mt Si before it becomes an icy, vertical rink.

There were some muddy patches and the fallen leaves can obscured rocks and other small obstacles on the trail.

Again, a much nicer day than originally anticipated.

Till the next time.........