Mount Si

Mount Si
	Mount Si from the southwest
height	1270 m
location	King County , Washington , USA
Mountains	Cascade chain
Notch height	75 m
Coordinates	47 ° 30 '27 " N , 121 ° 44' 24" W Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '27 " N , 121 ° 44' 24" W.
Normal way	Hiking and short climbing path ( YDS = 3)

The Mount Si ( / saɪ / ) is a mountain in the US state of Washington . It lies on the western edge of the Cascade Range just above the coastal plain on Puget Sound and towers over the neighboring town of North Bend . The mountain was named after the pioneer Josiah "Uncle Si" Merritt. He became known in the television series Twin Peaks , which was filmed in North Bend.

Just a 45-minute drive from Seattle , the mountain is the preferred outdoor destination for residents of Puget Sound. Between 80,000 and 100,000 hikers come to the mountain every year. The land belongs to Washington State and is designated as a Natural Resources Conservation Area .

The 4 mi (6.4 km) long Mount Si Trail climbs over 3,500 ft (1,067 m) vertical meters to the summit ridge. The summit of Mount Si can be reached via a path of difficulty level 3 ( YDS ), which leads over the north side of the summit block known as the “haystack” (Eng. “Haystack”).

Oceanic shield volcano

Mt Si in winter from North Bend

Mount Si is a remnant of an oceanic shield volcano. The rock has undergone extensive metamorphosis.

Reflection in Native American legends

Mount Si is prominently described in a Prometheus story of Snoqualmie . According to this legend, he is the dead body of Snoqualm, the moon god . Snoqualm had ordered that a rope from the bark of the giant tree of life should be stretched between earth and sky. But the fox and blue jay climbed up the rope and stole the sun from Snoqualm. Snoqualm followed them down the rope, but it broke and he fell to his death. The fox then released the sun and brought fire to the people. A face is visible near the summit that could belong to Snoqualm.

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Fred W. Beckey : Cascade Alpine Guide, Vol. 1, Columbia River to Stevens Pass , 3rd Edition, The Mountaineers , 2000, ISBN 0-89886-577-8 , p. 151.
Ira Spring, Harvey Manning: 102 Hikes in the Alpine Lakes, South Cascades, and Olympics , 3rd Edition, The Mountaineers, Seattle 1983, ISBN 0-89886-067-9 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sea Level Date of 1929: Mount Si, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
↑ Mount Si . SummitPost.org. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
^ Mount Si Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA) . SummitPost.org. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
^ JA Costello: The Siwash: their life, legends and tales . Calvert, Seattle 1895, pp. 75-76, OCLC 228721459 .