Mount Teneriffe, Roaring Creek, Mount Si & Douglas Fir — Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026

My hiking group started from Teneriffe trailhead and hiked on the base of Mount & Little Si to a mossy rocky outcropping we call Moss Vista for a 7.8 Mile hike today.  Only 1 other car was in the TH lot when we started out at 9:30.   It was 44 degrees with partially cloudy skies.  The bathroom facility was open and clean.  The entire route was hard packed soil, some with a cushion duff of needles and other areas rocky.  We followed Mount Teneriffe, Roaring Creek, Mt Si , Douglas Fir and Boulder Garden Loop trails for an out and back hike.  After the recent cold spell the ground has warmed up and there was no evidence of icy or frost heaves.  Trail traffic was really light, except a short section of the Mt Si trail where we met hikers ascending and descending.  Getting to the rocky out cropping was more challenging this year with several blow downs to to scramble over. This area is not maintained as the main trails.  We noticed new bolts and screws mounted in newly cleared areas (moss removal) at out lunch spot. 
The wind really whipped up as we were enjoying a lunch rest break looking south to Mt Washington, Taylor Mtn and Rattlesnake Ledges.  This precipitated us packing up faster than we were planning as everyone chilled down and we were concerned about falling branches.  After we packed up and were heading back up on the Boulder Garden Loop we met two rock climbers who were headed down to the base of lunch spot for rock climbing.  They indicated someone was most likely installing new anchors.  We had no wildlife sightings today.  14 cars were in the TH lot when we drove off at 2:20.  Another fantastic day out in nature with friends.