Mt Si

 We drove up to North Bend this morning to hike up to the "Lunch Rocks" on Mt Is. This is about 7 miles round trip with 3,200 ft of gain. The Lunch Rocks are located about 1/4 mile after the junction with the old Si trail.  The snow/slush/ice was pretty consistent after about 1/2 mile. We were glad we brought and wore our micro spikes.

 A little dark as we began hiking up, using our headlamps to light the way.

 Lots of beautiful trees all along the trail.

 View of the Cascades to the southeast from the Lunch Rocks












We went up the Lunch Rocks for a little better view.

 We could see Mt Rainier to the south
We took a break here and had the area to ourselves. We would see many hikers headed up as we hiked back down.

close up of Mt Rainier