Name: MT SI CREEK
Location: Mt. Si, WA, USA
Nearest Town: North Bend, WA
County: King
Difficulty: Relatively hard trail, easy directions
placed: 6-13-02
by: Eliza B/moderngypsy

I wanted to place one at the summit, but there were just too many people
there. This is one of the most popular conditioning trails in the
Northern Cascades, so be careful when finding/replacing boxes. Other
cautions: Both bears and cougars have been sighted on Si. If you stay
on the trails, though, they're so heavily traveled that you should be fine.

This is on a spur trail from the first Mt. Si Trail box. You can get
them both at the same time.

To get to Si: Take I-90 East from Seattle to exit 32. Turn left over
the overpass, then left again where the road T's. Take a right on Mt.
Si Road, over a bridge, and veering slightly right. Follow the road for
2.5 miles, and the enterance to the park is on your left, in some trees.
The trailhead is marked, near the rest rooms.

TO FIND THE BOX:
Half-way up, through the snag flats, there is a place where the trail
diverges. Take the Creek path.

Go across the small wooden bridge and up the small hill. It turns
right, next to the roots of a downed tree.

From the turn, take approximately five-six steps.

On your right will be two trees, one larger than the other in diameter.
Immediately to your left, maybe one more step, is a pile of rocks on
the ground. The box is there, under the grey rock with moss on half of
it, under some piled bark and evergreen.

If you go on to summit Si, be careful to bring enough water -- I ran out
half-way up, and if it wasn't for a good samaritan near the top, I would
have been hard-pressed to get out of there un-dehydrated. (Not that
water isn't a hiking basic, but it bears repeating.)

I have some pictures of the top here:
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=moderngypsy&itemid=143613#cutid1

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letterboxer, and now
MOUNTAIN-CLIMBER! :)