Editing Mount Si

{{Short description|Mountain in Washington, United States}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Si
| photo = Mt si and meadowbrook cows.jpg
| photo_size = 230
| photo_caption = Mount Si from the southwest
| elevation_ft = 4167
| elevation_ref = {{ngvd29}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|2087|Mount Si, Washington}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 247
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| map = USA Washington#USA
| map_size = 230
| map_caption = 
| label_position = right
| location = [[King County, Washington|King County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington, U.S.]]
| range = [[Cascade Range|Cascades]]
| coordinates = {{coord|47.5076029|N|121.7401092|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1525731|Mount Si}}</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Si
| age = [[Cretaceous]] to [[Jurassic]]
| type = Oceanic plate [[volcano]]
| last_eruption = Cretaceous to Jurassic
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = [[Hiking|Hike]] and short {{YDS|3}}, [[scrambling|scramble]]
| other_name = {{native name |lut |'''q̓əlbc'''}}
}}
'''Mount Si''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|s|aɪ}}; {{Langx|lut|q̓əlbc}}, {{Respell|CULB|ts}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Waterman |first=T.T. |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geography |publisher=Lushootseed Press}}</ref> is a [[mountain]] in the [[Northwestern United States|northwest]] [[United States]], east of [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. It lies on the western margin of the [[Cascade Range]] just above the coastal plains around [[Puget Sound]], and towers over the nearby town of [[North Bend, Washington|North Bend]]. Mount&nbsp;Si and neighboring mountain [[Little&nbsp;Si]] were named after local homesteader [[Josiah Merritt|Josiah "Uncle Si" Merritt]]. The mountain became nationally familiar in the early 1990s with the television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', which was filmed in North Bend.

Only about a 45-minute drive from Seattle, the mountain is a favorite outdoor destination for residents of [[Puget Sound]]. Between 80,000 and 100,000 hikers visit the mountain annually.<ref name="pb"/> The&nbsp;land is owned by the state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and has been designated a [[Natural Resources Conservation Area]].<ref name=svomts>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AsUSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7038%2C2163797 |work=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=The saving of Mount Si |date=November 24, 1983 |page=E12 }}</ref><ref name=preserv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iZMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=udAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4867%2C3845484 |work=The Daily News |location=(Pullman, Washington) |title=State to preserve 'Twin Peaks' land |date=September 29, 1990 |page=3A}}</ref>

The {{convert|4|mi|km|round=0.5|adj=mid|-long|spell=in}} Mount Si trail vertically climbs {{convert|3500|ft|-1}} to the summit ridge.<ref name="pb"/> Its summit<!-- of Mount Si can then be--> is reached by an [[Glossary of climbing terms#E|exposed]] scramble, {{YDS|3}}, up the north side of the summit block, which is known as the "Haystack".<ref name="sp">{{cite summitpost |id=150709 |name=Mount Si |accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref>

The peak can be accessed by two trails. The Old Mount Si trail is accessed by the Little Si parking lot and the Boulder Garden Loop. It is {{convert|0.6|mi|km}} shorter, {{convert|270|ft|m}} steeper in elevation gain, and less crowded than the main trail. The Mount Si trail is accessed by the Mount Si parking lot.

==Oceanic plate volcano==
[[Image:Si Winter 012.jpg|thumb|Mt. Si in winter,<br>from the town of North Bend]]

Mount Si is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano and the rocks are highly metamorphosed.<ref>{{cite summitpost |id=496671 |name=Mount Si Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA) |accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref> The rock deposits are a melange including metagabbro, and are Jurassic-Cretaceous in age.<ref name="Surficial geologic map of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie Rivers area, Snohomish and King Counties, Washington">{{cite web |title=U.S. Geological Survey |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_9900.htm}}</ref>

==In Snoqualmie culture==
Mount Si features prominently in a [[Prometheus]] story from the [[Snoqualmie people]]. According to Snoqualmie tradition, Mount Si is the fallen body of {{Langx|lut|sɬukʷalb|label=none}}, or [[Lunar deity|Moon]], who is the paramount god in Snoqualmie traditional religion. Moon had ordered that a rope of [[Thuja plicata|cedar bark]] be stretched between the Earth and the sky. {{Langx|lut|sbiaw|label=none}} (Coyote) and {{Langx|lut|kay̓kay̓|label=none}} (Blue Jay) went up the rope, with Blue Jay pecking a hole in the sky for Coyote to crawl through, where he found himself at the bottom of a lake. He transformed into a beaver, but got trapped in a beaver trap set by Moon. Coyote played dead to trick Moon and was brought back to his house, where he was skinned by Moon and his carcass thrown away in the corner, where he waited paitently.<ref name=":0" />

When Moon had fallen asleep, Coyote re-applied his skin and explored the house of Moon, finding great forests, fire, the sun, and a contraption that made daylight among his possessions. Coyote then stole them, transforming back to his regular form and descending back down the rope to distribute what he had stolen across the earth.  Awakening to find his possessions stolen, Moon chased Coyote down the cedar rope in anger, but it broke and he fell to his death, forming the mountain. Moon's face is visible on the rocks near the summit.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last= Costello |first=J.A. |title=The Siwash: their life, legends and tales |url= https://archive.org/details/cihm_14819 |location=Seattle |publisher=Calvert |year=1895 |oclc=228721459 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cihm_14819/page/n102 75]–76}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Beckey |first=Fred W. |author-link=Fred Beckey |title=[[Cascade Alpine Guide]], Vol. 1, Columbia River to Stevens Pass |edition=3rd |year=2000 |publisher=[[The Mountaineers (club)|Mountaineers Books]] |isbn=0-89886-577-8 |page=151}}
* {{cite book |last1=Spring |first1=Ira |author-link=Ira Spring |author2=Harvey Manning |author2-link=Harvey Manning |title=102 Hikes in the Alpine Lakes, South Cascades, and Olympics |location=Seattle |publisher=Mountaineers Books |year=1983 |edition=3rd |isbn=0-89886-067-9}}
{{Refend}}
{{Wide image|Mount_Si_Panorama.JPG|1744px|Panorama taken from Haystack}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mount Si}}
* {{cite web |title=Mount Si Web Site |format=web |publisher=MountSi.com |url=http://www.mountsi.com}}
* {{cite web |title=Mount Si NRCA and Upper Snoqualmie Valley |format=map |publisher=Washington State Department of Natural Resources |url=http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/eng_rms_mtsi_w.pdf |access-date=2011-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524061758/http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/eng_rms_mtsi_w.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-24 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.dnr.wa.gov/dataandmaps/maps/pdf/mtsi_txt_nu.pdf
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070715114839/http://www.dnr.wa.gov/dataandmaps/maps/pdf/mtsi_txt_nu.pdf
  | archive-date = 2007-07-15
  | title = Mount Si Brochure
  | publisher = Washington State Department of Public Resources
  | access-date = 2010-03-13 }}
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=47.507603,-121.740109&ll=47.488405,-121.796295&spn=0.125974,0.338173&t=m&z=12&layer=c&cbll=47.488405,-121.796295&panoid=g5fAH4Kjvblv9uEyAP3zYQ&cbp=12,79,,0,7.31 View of Mount Si from I-90 on Google Street View]

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[[Category:Mountains of King County, Washington]]
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[[Category:Cretaceous volcanoes]]
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