Mount Si — Sunday, May. 26, 2002

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

Drizzle as Eastgate had me questioning this idea. Additional drizzle at North Bend had me more seriously questioning this idea. But it did not seem to deter others as I was in the second tier of parking (more later) at around 8am. Trail is fine. Not much of anything out of the ordinary to report. There is a bit of snow at the basin. Oh, yeah, while it did drip on me somewhere during the first mile, the sun was adequate and I stretched out on the bench at the saddle by the Haystack climb. Down was fine but there seemed an inordinate number of people. More than that. Back to the parking lot. It was overflowing with cars who added two additional tiers of parking stalls on the west end of the parking aisles. And also parked on both sides of the driveway for at least a block or two in both directions. And speaking of overflow, the Little Si (or old trail) Parking lot and the new lot had folks and there were cars parked all the way back to the road to North Bend by the Espresso Stand. Oh, well, it was a memorable Memorial Day.