[TR] Mt. Si to Mt. Teneriffe- 4/2/2006

[catbirdseat]

Hike: Mt. Si to Mt. Teneriffe Traverse

 

Date of Hike: 4/2/2006

 

Trip Report:

This hike was Jimbabwe's idea. Roboboy and I came along for the ride.

 

We left Roboboy's car at the Teneriffe trailhead where we met two fellows getting ready to do Teneriffe. We piled into my car and drove to the Little Si parking lot.

 

Starting at about 9:45 am, we headed up the old Si trail, running into friend Ike on the way. The trail was slippery packed snow as usual near the top. We reached the summit at 11:45 and followed some old snowshoe prints along the ridge towards Teneriffe.

 

Jim seemed to be unusually full of energy, because he led the whole way. Since the snowshoe prints had been put down coming the other way and downhill, we had to make these huge strides. The only way to do it was to move fast and keep the momentum up. Thus it only took an hour to get to the summit of Teneriffe.

 

The first part of the descent was rather treacherous as the snow was slushy and thin. We soon caught up to the two we had met earlier. They had been to the summit just before us.

 

Jim found a shortcut through a clear cut. You all realize that this is an oxymoron. Fortunately, it wasn't long before we reached a well-maintained logging spur and easy going.

 

We spied a rock wall above that looked pretty clean. Sharp-eyed Roboboy picked out a set of chains up there. I wonder what the climbing is like. We decided mountain bikes would be ideal to reach this crag.

 

Gear Notes:

Boots, ski poles. Snow shoes might have been nice on the traverse.

Edited April 3, 2006 by catbirdseat

[mikebell]

Did you go up the haystack to the top of Si? I was up on the haystack around 6pm cleaning the 1/4 inch fixed polypropelene knotted line tied to a bush about half way up the right side with a death hitch. It was not a knot I have seen any climber use. Sort of like two half hitches but each side going a differnet way. For my good deed someone left me a cold one in the snow at the top. Very nice as I did not bring any water.

[catbirdseat]

No we skipped the haystack. Probably, someone thought they needed that line to descend or maybe they thought they were doing good by leaving it.

 

I have a favorite saying about weird knots: "if you don't know how to tie a good knot, tie lots of 'em".