On the 5th of July, our party of four tackled Mount Si (pronounced “sigh”). The mountain rises sharply above the Snoqualmie River valley and the township of North Bend to the south.

Much of the mountain is in a state preserve and no camping is allowed, so the trail is a popular day hike. Mount Si sees about 10,000 hikers a year, and there were probably a couple of hundred people on the mountain this day. The phrase “every man and his dog” comes to mind when I remember all the four-legged hikers. The trail’s popularity is partly due to its proximity to Seattle and the heavily populated Puget Sound area, and partly to its being clear of snow relatively early in the season, and partly to the physical challenge it offers.

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