Hex Mountain — Saturday, May. 9, 2020

I’ve only done this trail as a snowshoe so I wanted to check it out to avoid the crowds - yes, there are more trails in this state than just Mount Si and Mailbox Peak. We arrived at the parking area around 10:30, there were 15 other cars in the parking area. The first half of the trail routes you up through a forest road, there are several points where there are multiple ways you can go and nothing is marked so a GPS app like AllTrails is really helpful. Once you hit the Hex Mountain trail sign it gets steeper and routes you up through remains from a past forest fire. There are a couple small patches of snow but you can consider it snow free all the way up to the top. Awesome 360 views, especially of Rainier. Almost the whole trail is exposed to sun so bring plenty of water.

Watch out for dirt bikes, there were four bikers heading up behind us right below the summit and tearing up the trail. Kind of a bummer.