Mount Si — Thursday, May. 22, 2025

I like to leave trip reports for those that also don’t feel like all stars that can do Tenerife-Si and more in a day. I’m around 5’11 175 lb and clearly out of shape when it comes to hiking considering needing to pause on the way up many many times. 

Arrived at the trailhead at 10 AM, the first row of the parking lot had a lot of cars in it but I got a space without having to go to the second row. The parking lot has some big potholes. Most I could dodge but one on the way out was unavoidable.

On the way up you were mostly by yourself, though if slow like me you have a trickle of people eventually come up and overtake you. Other than for a tiny time in the old growth area, it’s up the whole way. Getting to the rock outcropping that the WTA say is a good lunch/common turn-around spot took me 2 hrs and 40 mins, with many stops to rest for a minute on the way up. It didn’t seem long after lunch and a rest to see what I -believed- to be the proper peak, based on the scramble/rock-climbing needed to go to the top. I could be wrong though, I turned around and headed down from there. The way down was pretty smooth and took me 1 hr and 40 mins. It probably could have been 10-20 minutes quicker but I stopped a number of times to keep distance between myself and another individual. 

There were good views at the lunch spot. Unfortunately today it was just a bit too cloudy to see Rainier but Seattle was visible in the distance.