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Sunset Hike on Mount Si

in Trails on 25/06/15

You might remember from my posts on our trip to California that J’s birthday was a few weeks ago. A birthday tradition he started when moving out here was doing a sunset hike up Mount Si. It’s one of his favorite hikes in the area (check out our last Mt. Si hike here!), and I was excited to get to do the sunset hike with him this year! Since we were out of town on his actual birthday, we did the hike a week later, and wow did we have the perfect night for it.

We left after work and headed out to the trail. It’s a 4 mile hike to the top and our goal was to make it up around 8:00 so we’d have some time to watch the whole sunset. The trail was much greener than I remember from our hike last September!

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I love how tall and straight the trees are!

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Most of the hike is through the forest, but close to the top you can start to see the view!

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At the very top there are a lot of rocks to scramble up to find the best view.

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This view of Mt. Rainier nearly took my breath away. So gorgeous!

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And the views just kept getting better as the sun started setting.

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I could not believe how clearly you could see Seattle in the distance.

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Mt Si Sunset-8What a great birthday celebration!

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Mt Si Sunset-14We could even see the Space Needle!

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Perfect night with this guy 🙂

 

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And then we began the trek down using our headlamps! We made it down in about two hours, and got home around midnight. Pretty great Tuesday!

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If you’re up for an adventure and don’t mind hiking with headlamps or flashlights, I highly recommend a Mount Si sunset hike.

Check out more of our favorite hikes here!

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