Tiger Mountain Trail, Preston Trail, Poo Poo Point, Poo Top, One View
Dec 22, 2009
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whitebark
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last modified
Sep 30, 2010 02:57 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: One-View Trail
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Tiger Mountain
- Trails: One-View Trail (#TIGER)
- Avg Rating: 3.50
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Tiger Mountain Trail
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Tiger Mountain
- Agency: Department of Natural Resources, South Puget Sound Region
- Trails: (#)
- Avg Rating: 3.33
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Preston Trail
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Tiger Mountain
- Avg Rating: 3.00
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Poo Poo Point
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Tiger Mountain
- Agency: Department of Natural Resources, South Puget Sound Region
- Trails: Poo Poo Point (#TIGER)
- Avg Rating: 3.56
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Poo Top
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Tiger Mountain
- Avg Rating: 3.00
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
- Snow on trail
Lex on a snowy Tiger Mountain
It was the shortest day of the year, and appropriately chilly and gray on Tiger Mountain. Snow dusted the mountain down to 1000 feet. To celebrate the winter solstice, I did a long loop hike starting at the Tradition Lake trailhead, using parts of the Tiger Mountain Trail, K3, West Tiger RR Grade, Preston Trail, Poo Top, Hidden Forest, One View, and Poo Poo Point trails. There was little accumulation of snow even at the top of West Tiger I. In general, trail conditions were good and the hiking problem-free everywhere on Tiger.
Here are more details on the trail conditions that I found...
TMT from Tradition Lake to K3 junction.
Highlights: beautiful maturing 2nd growth forest, small waterfalls and creeks, steep canyons and fern-draped rocks at head of High Point Creek.
Condition: good, mud holes near beginning of trail, some sections of narrow slumped tread on the steep climb beyond Cable Line, a section of slumped tread past the big bridges.
K3 Trail:
Highlights: beautiful maturing 2nd growth forest.
Condition: good, though steep and narrow.
W Tiger RR Grade from K3 to Preston Tr:
Highlights: historic logging RR grade and campsite , the landslide, some limited views, cascading creeks.
Condition: good. path across landslide needs work.
Preston Trail to summit of W Tiger I:
Highlights: beautiful old 2nd growth forest.
Condition: good, a bit of snow on trail, drain dips need work. Oversteep stretch near Bootleg junction could use reroute with switchbacks.
Poo Top Trail:
Highlights: Silver firs, limited views, a fun hike along a ridge crest.
Condition: good, steep narrow tread in places, needs switchbacks added in a few spots. Bike tracks on trail.
Hidden Forest Trail from top to TMT:
Condition: good, steep, needs reroute with switchbacks.
One View Trail:
Highlights: beautiful maturing 2nd growth forest.
Condition: good, trail from the TMT to the top of the next hill is narrow, steep, and rooty, needs work.
Poo Poo Point Trail:
Highlights: beautiful forest with huge old growth trees (rare on Tiger) above Many Creeks Valley, The big creek and bridge.
Condition: good. Oversteep sections above Many Creeks Valley needs reroute with switchbacks. Drainage (dips and waterbars) on the lower portion of the trail urgently needs repair. One bad blowdown blocks trail.
Here are more details on the trail conditions that I found...
TMT from Tradition Lake to K3 junction.
Highlights: beautiful maturing 2nd growth forest, small waterfalls and creeks, steep canyons and fern-draped rocks at head of High Point Creek.
Condition: good, mud holes near beginning of trail, some sections of narrow slumped tread on the steep climb beyond Cable Line, a section of slumped tread past the big bridges.
K3 Trail:
Highlights: beautiful maturing 2nd growth forest.
Condition: good, though steep and narrow.
W Tiger RR Grade from K3 to Preston Tr:
Highlights: historic logging RR grade and campsite , the landslide, some limited views, cascading creeks.
Condition: good. path across landslide needs work.
Preston Trail to summit of W Tiger I:
Highlights: beautiful old 2nd growth forest.
Condition: good, a bit of snow on trail, drain dips need work. Oversteep stretch near Bootleg junction could use reroute with switchbacks.
Poo Top Trail:
Highlights: Silver firs, limited views, a fun hike along a ridge crest.
Condition: good, steep narrow tread in places, needs switchbacks added in a few spots. Bike tracks on trail.
Hidden Forest Trail from top to TMT:
Condition: good, steep, needs reroute with switchbacks.
One View Trail:
Highlights: beautiful maturing 2nd growth forest.
Condition: good, trail from the TMT to the top of the next hill is narrow, steep, and rooty, needs work.
Poo Poo Point Trail:
Highlights: beautiful forest with huge old growth trees (rare on Tiger) above Many Creeks Valley, The big creek and bridge.
Condition: good. Oversteep sections above Many Creeks Valley needs reroute with switchbacks. Drainage (dips and waterbars) on the lower portion of the trail urgently needs repair. One bad blowdown blocks trail.
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