Seattle Basic Alpine Climbing Conditioner - Mount Si Old Trail

This will be a DOUBLE DUTY conditioner hike with a strenuous pace to the bottom of the haystack atop Mt Si. We will go up and down the mountain twice with weighted backpacks to simulate a rainier climb!!!!

The route will ascend and descend the old trail 2x, for a total 14+ miles!! (starting at Little Si trailhead). https://caltopo.com/m/Q841538

This trip will be faster than normal day hikes. we’ll keep a strenuous zone 2 cardio pace (upper 130s heart rate for me at 6’2 210lbs, 30+ lb backpack), taking a few 3-5 min breaks for water, snacks and selfies 📸 😄. We want to keep a good pace to the top to get there in 2:15 hrs each time, and will take a shortish break when we get there to have water/snacks, before going down and doing it all over again 💪

Please bring extra weight for conditioning purposes, please bring water so you can dump it out if you are unable to keep up with the pace of the group.

7am start time. Let’s meet at 645 in the LITTLE Si parking lot!