Mount Si, Mount Si via Mount Teneriffe Trail & Roaring Creek — Friday, May. 21, 2021

Two of us did a 10.3 mile/3400 foot gain loop at Mt. Si. We started at the Mount Si trailhead around 9:15, and ascended the main trail along with a steady collection of other hikers. We continued up past all the people lunching on rocks the extra 1/4 mile or so to the base of the Haystack. Nice that this short portion has stone steps reinforced with concrete, for one thing it helps show where the trail is. It was cold and misty so we had a quick lunch and continued on the connector towards Mt. Teneriffe. About 200 yards of this trail was still snow covered but no need for traction or anything. Then we descended the Tenerife trail/road down (saw maybe 8-10 other hikers on this) to the Roaring Creek Trail, took this quiet forested path back to the Mount Si trail and then descended the last 0.7 miles back to the car. Good exercise!