High Point Trail, West Tiger 2 — Sunday, Jun. 12, 2016

Issaquah Alps > Tiger Mountain

Overall 6.7mi RT 800m ascent. High Point Trail, Tiger Mountain Trail, WT2, Tiger Mountain Trail, K3 Trail. The intent was for a quick exercise jaunt up the K3 trail to WT2, with a possible extended return route. Alas, some of the signs are less than accurate in this area, so I ended up east of the intended trail, so the ascent took extra time. I was hoping on 2hr round trip, but it ended up being three. Another aspect of the curious endeavour was that I took an additional 10lb of water weight with me. Due to the delay in getting to WT2, I decided against any further stumblings around, and returned by way of the K3 trail. I have been at the upper end of K3 once, but never at the lower, and there are no signs on the High Point nor TMT approaches that identify the route to the start of K3. I had checked the map beforehand, but the online map is out of date and does not reflect some of the rerouting that has happened on the TMT due to bridge issues. On a previous trip, I took the old route and crossed the site of the old bridge (including the landslide area); this time, I opted to follow the TMT reroute across the new bridge, which also added more mileage. The morning stayed fairly fresh and cool, so having an extra hour of exercise was not that bad. I saw no one anywhere on the trail... except in the last five minutes when I passed a couple and a solo coming up the High Point trail.