Little Si is a wonderful quick, close in, all season hike that gains an easy 1000 feet in 2.1 miles. The trail is very well maintained and appears to benefit from improvements year after year. The trailhead is right off the Mt. Si road, is paved, and is equipped with a clean outhouse. After a short climb, the trail wanders through the forest between Little and Big Si where an abundance of ferns thrive. Around the north side the trail climbs gently up to a nice rocky peak with views over North Bend, Rattlesnake Ridge and up to the Haystack on Big Si. An additional nature trail off to the side wanders through a boulder field and connects to the old Big Si trail. There are 3 blowdowns just beyond .5 miles from the trailhead. The ground is bone dry and rock hard. No snow or water.

Hiked with some new women today from a meetup group. Awesome people! There are so many cool ladies that share my love of hiking.. Trail is in good shape, it was sprinkling at times. Some decent views over north bend. We took the Bolder Garden loop on the way out. It was more ups than we hoped, but just got that much more of a workout. Great day out on the trails.

We arrived at the trail head at about 6:45pm and made it to the summit in 50 minutes, going at a reasonable pace. Most of the climbing in this hike is towards the end although there is a little climb at the start. This is a lovely hike and it was nice to see the difference in the tree colors on our descent when the sun was beginning to set. We descended in about 40 minutes.

After doing Mailbox Peak on Saturday we decided to have an easy hike up Little Si. The weather was lovely. We got there early enough but we still had to park in the overflow lot. A lot of folks having the same idea as us. This is our third time in the space of a year doing this trek. We decided to push it up the hill kind of in a hurry type of pace. Well at least where we could get around people. Last year we thought this trek was kind of a wee tough but now on the third trip up it is just a great little hike to pass away a bit o time. Better than walking around Greenlake like. We made it up in 47 minutes. Not so shabby for two old goats. Overall a great hike for everyone.

We started the trail around 3pm and it took us 100 minutes to get to the summit. The initial incline is steep and there is a lot of flatland trekking after that. There were a few muddy patches on the way. No snow. We loved the meadows which was very pleasant and beautiful. The final incline was very exhausting but the final summit view is totally worth it & spectacular. We were back in the parking lot by 6 pm and there were still many people on their way up.