Little Si — Sunday, Jul. 6, 2025

Arrived 9 am on a beautiful Sunday morning and lucked out with the last parking spot in the overflow lot. Despite this, the trail didn’t feel crowded and there were only a few other groups at the summit while we were there.

The trail is shaded most of the way up which was lovely as it got warmer. Mostly pristine too, except for the seven dog poop bags sitting trailside throughout the hike (yuck).

We hiked with a ten year old and though he was grumbly about his feet being tired, he managed the whole thing just fine. There were plenty of other hikers with even younger children, both walking and in backpack carriers. From the parking lot, it took us about 40 minutes to the bench and 90 minutes to the summit. The hike is mostly a very-doable uphill walk, but there are some steeper sections and also several scrambly, dusty areas where erosion is eating away at the hillside. I found it harder to manage my footing on these on the way down than the way up and had to “sit and scoot” for one of them. (Your mileage may vary - I broke my leg quite badly while hiking last year and am way more cautious about where I step now).

There were several thickets of thimbleberries on the edge of ripeness, including those on the brief walk from overflow lot to trailhead.

Not much happening by way of wildlife - we saw a Pileated woodpecker on the way up and a few chipmunks at the top.

Didn’t use the privy but could smell it on the breeze from a hundred feet away as we arrived back at the trailhead around noon. Direct sun does no favors here.

Overall a great day to be out hiking.