Little Si — Monday, Oct. 6, 2025

Walked the Little Si trail this morning.  Parking at the main lot requires a Discover pass as per normal and there were open spots even when leaving about 11.  Two vault toilets at the parking lot were open and functional.  The trail is rocky/rooty in places as normal, (you are climbing up basically a big boulder covered in trees) but the trail condition is honestly about as good as I’ve seen it even after a summer’s worth of heavy use.  Looks like some updated tread/stairs plus brushing etc at some point fairly recently - kudos to whomever is working here.  A trekking pole could be handy in a few places for some folks.  Fall color really has not hit here yet, a few vine maples but that is it.  Seems like we’ve gotten just enough rain at just the right time for trees to say, “hey, I think I’m gonna stay green for a little while longer!”  

Views off the top south to the Rattlesnake ridges and cedar butte were pretty smokey/hazy but north to the green blob of Fuller mountain and beyond were much clearer.  Not much wildlife out, heard a red tail hawk and some small forest birds, (and a pack of loud blue jays) plus some little brown Douglas squirrels dropping fir cones and maple seeds to stock up for winter.  The slot of the saddle between big and little Si is neat because it is so lush and very quiet, one of the few places around here where if there isn’t an airplane overhead it can be completely silent.  Don’t miss picking out the cool old survey marker at the top that says “small Si”.  Also today somebody had strung a beautiful long chain of origami cranes near the trail, I’ll let you find where they are.  Lastly, if you are coming in on hwy 202 between Snoqualmie and North Bend, watch out for elk, a big group of them are fairly regularly in the fields at the Meadowbrook Farm property and were out today.  A nice walk that is just a bit challenging with lots to see and some nice views.