Parking Note:
Parking is limited and often causes issues for utilities, search and rescue and the locals. Insure that there is access the gate and park only where not prohibited. The school bus truly needs a place to turn around. Actually, several school buses throughout the day. Cars that are parked illegally will eventually get a ticket or towed, and rightfully so. The more that there is an issue with parking, the more the locals will seek the complete removal of all parking.
The Cache
This cache is at the now old Mount Teneriffe Trailhead aka School Bus Turnaround. This cache used to be simply called Mount Teneriffe Trailhead but times have changed and this once quiet and obscure trailhead has been discovered and overrun to the point where a new parking area was built. Once it opened on 7/1/17, and I placed a new cache there, it took on the proper name and this one was updated to reflect it's new status.
The information below is the original cache description that was written before the existence of the new parking area and short-cut trail connecting the lot to a spot further up this trail. That is now the official trailhead and is marked by the cache Mount Teneriffe Trailhead.
Mount Teneriffe Trailhead (Old School)
The trails to Mount Teneriffe are much less travelled then the nearby Mount Si. Also, Teneriffe dominates Si by over 600 feet in elevation so it’s a bit more challenging. There are two ways to reach the top, the longer but easier way primarily on logging roads, or up the shorter and much steeper Kamikaze Trail.
There are no bathrooms available or other facilities here.
Mount Teneriffe by summitpost.org
Often overlooked because of its proximity to the ever-popular Mount Si, Teneriffe makes for a great training hike or snowshoe outing. With a few different ways to make it to the rocky summit block, you are pretty much assured solitude no matter which way you go.
The main trail follows a series of logging roads and steep trails from a small school bus turnaround east of the Mount Si trailhead (960') for nearly 7 miles, switchbacking up to a section of clearcut (3200') between the summits of both Si and Teneriffe. From there, the road cuts east to a 4200' saddle, and then another mile to the summit (4788'). A more strenuous and challenging (and fun) scramble route follows a boot track up the SW ridge of the mountain, passing a beautiful (but probably somewhat seasonal) Kamikaze Falls.
More Info
Washington Trails Association
SummitPost.org
PeakBagger.com
Washington State Department of Natural Resources: Mount Si NRCA
Weather (summit-ish)
The Cache
The cache is log only, bring a pen!