Preston Railroad Grade, Bootleg Trail & Paw Print Connector — Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016

Issaquah Alps > Tiger Mountain

Overall 11.4mi RT 1170m ascent. DOT, Preston trail, Bootleg trail, Paw Print, Tiger Mountain Trail, Lone Rock, WT2.5, K3. The DOT approach is decidedly painful, and the lack of any reasonable parking doesn't help matters, but this approach definitely gets one toward the middle of the mountain and doesn't require the long approach from the High Point Trailhead. This was a good route the day before Valentine's Day: I passed "Lone Rock" (it's partner was sitting on a hill 1mi west), and saw no one except during the last hour of the return.