Anyone ever hike Mt. Sii?

[Fishstiq]

Si and Wallace Falls are both nice day hikes, I saw a guy a couple summers ago coming down from Mt. Si wearing flip-flops!


FWIW, I had a bad run in with a tweeker on the way up Wallace Falls and I've heard similar occurances on Mt. Si, might not be a bad idea to be prepared for those kind of things.

[Smossy]

Si and Wallace Falls are both nice day hikes, I saw a guy a couple summers ago coming down from Mt. Si wearing flip-flops!


FWIW, I had a bad run in with a tweeker on the way up Wallace Falls and I've heard similar occurances on Mt. Si, might not be a bad idea to be prepared for those kind of things.

We did Wallace falls on the 3rd. Was gorgeous. Great exercise to! My hiking buddy Is trying to pull me into the super intense hikes -Atleast for me- 4000+ Elevation gains..
Ahh gonna be interesting. Im just getting into it the last few months so I feel every bit of it. Then were doing St. Helens this spring once the days get longer. But Im hearing from some people that ones cake. Im having a hard time believing that one.

[Knocker of rocks]

Re: Mount St. Helens

It can be pretty snowy up to June.  Back when I had fully functional knees, we used to ski down about May 10th.  You'll need to check when they require permits.

Be very careful at the edge, it is a perfect location for  cornices, which somebody did break thru a number of years ago and were fatally injured.

Later in summer it becomes a pumice slog

[Smossy]

Re: Mount St. Helens

It can be pretty snowy up to June.  Back when I had fully functional knees, we used to ski down about May 10th.  You'll need to check when they require permits.

Be very careful at the edge, it is a perfect location for  cornices, which somebody did break thru a number of years ago and were fatally injured.

Later in summer it becomes a pumice slog

Yeah thanks for the advice Knocker. The permits only allow 100 people a day or something and they go FAST, almost as fast as hunter education classes fill up, being as mine isnt even untill May 20th. That much longer I got to wait.... Grr

[Knocker of rocks]

Bring a ton of suncream, two tons if you are doing a snow climb. 

[Cascade_fisher]

There is the Mother's Day Parade (or used to be) on the slope of Mt St Helen's.  It is a ski down day basically the weekend before permits are required. Good time.