Mount Si and Haystack - 5.20.2013
Directions to the Little Si Trailhead... the starting point for Mt. Si if you are going to take the old trail.
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rodman's GPS track of our trip to the Mount Si summit... 6.9 miles roundtrip, gaining 3650 feet of elevation.
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A Discover Pass is required for the Little Si Trailhead... room for 25 cars... come early if you want a spot.
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After hiking .3 miles on the Little Si Trail... take the Boulder Garden Loop Trail.
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When you see this sign it is time to leave the Boulder Garden Loop Trail and head uphill on an obvious, but unsigned trail.
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rodman and BarbE checking out the Haystack.
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Taking a break at the base of the scramble gully on the east side of the Haystack.
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rodman is at the top of the scramble gully... I don't care what others might say... this is a Class 3 gully.
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Looking down the Class 3 gully.
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BarbE at the top of the Class 3 gully... with a little more climbing left to go.
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BarbE and rodman coming up the last section.
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Slipping here is not an option.
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BarbE got this shot of ragman and rodman on the summit.
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Group shot on the Haystack (4167').
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A closeup of Mt. Rainier from the Mt. Si summit.
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Looking north from the summit.
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North Bend below.
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Time to head down.
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Still heading down.
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Starting down the gully.
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As usual, it is easier to go up than down.
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Still descending the gully.
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The trickiest part of the gully is near the bottom... and rodman is starting down it now.
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BarbE watches rodman going down.
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BarbE starting down the tricky section of the gully.
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rodman is almost done with the down-climb.
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BarbE holding on.
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BarbE's photo of me coming back down the Class 3 gully.
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I'm almost done with the gully.
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Taking a break at the two benchs on the south side of the Haystack.
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If you aren't on the Haystack, the best views from the summit area on that rock outcropping.
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Looking back at the Haystack... note the two benches in the lower right corner of the photo.
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Rainier above the clouds.
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BarbE coming down from the rock outcropping.
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BarbE and the Haystack... time to head back to the car.
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