Cedar Butte and Little Si
I parked in near the gate across a road that forks left off of Cedar
Falls Road right before the Rattlesnake recreation area sign. I
jogged the roads and trail towards Cedar Butte, after crossing Boxley
Creek I took two false trails before finally finding the (obvious)
trail to Cedar Butte. The trail was well maintained and there were a
couple forks to explore. The top of Cedar Butte has an excellent view
of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley, among others I could see Mount
Si, Mount Teneriffe, Green Mountain, Mount Garfield, Russian Butte,
and Mailbox Peak.
I noticed what looked like a faint bootpath going down the north
ridgelet of Cedar Butte and followed that. It was a pretty
well-defined little ridge most of the way, and it was reasonably clear
and followable until the last quarter mile. At the end the route
descended into a recovering clear-cut with lots of slash to post-hole
through.
I then drove over to Little Si with ambitions to go for Fuller
Mountain afterwards. But jogging the Little Si trail wore me out well
enough.
Elevation gain:
2,055 feet
USGS quads:
Chester Morse Lake, North Bend
In:
South Fork Snoqualmie Drainage, Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
Car-to-car:
2 hours 34 minutes
-
42 minutes
driving there
from
Lower Queene Anne
to
Cedar Butte trailhead
-
32 minutes
ascending Cedar Butte
from
Cedar Butte trailhead
to
Cedar Butte summit
-
44 minutes
descending Cedar Butte
from
Cedar Butte summit
to
Cedar Butte trailhead
-
33 minutes
ascending Little Si
from
Little Si trailhead
to
Little Si summit
-
32 minutes
descending Little Si
from
Little Si summit
to
Little Si trailhead
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