Teneriffe Falls, Mount Teneriffe, Roaring Creek & Mount Si — Sunday, Apr. 25, 2021

Knowing that the trailhead for Mount Teneriffe is locked at 5pm, we decided to head for Teneriffe Falls from the Mount Si trailhead. Arrived just after 2pm and the Mount Si trailhead was surprising only 1/3-1/2 full. Headed up Mount Si trail to Roaring Creek trail, then turned up Mount Teneriffe trail, took the cutover described in previous trip reports to Teneriffe Falls trail, and up to the falls. The benefit of this route is that you avoid a lot of people. Once we left Mount Si trail, we only ran into 5 hikers. Even had a deer cross the trail ahead of us on Roaring Creek trail. You also bypass much of the tougher parts of Teneriffe Falls trail. Down side is that the cutover trail starts out great, but as you approach the creek it is hard to follow and a little treacherous when wet. The creek itself is running high right now, so crossing it was a challenge as there isn't a clear crossing point. Made it across ok without getting wet and caught the main trail to the falls. Had it all to ourselves. Decided to take Teneriffe Falls trail down to see what we missed. Definitely did not miss the creek bed scramble or some of the more challenging talus rocky sections. The sun did make an appearance on our way down and the views of the surrounding mountains were pretty spectacular and worth the extra effort. Caught Mount Teneriffe trail back to Roaring Creek and Mount Si trails to the trailhead. Made it back just after 6:30pm. The parking lot only had a handful of cars. In all we only encountered around 30, almost all on Mount Si trail at the start. Masking was around 60-70%.