Trail is fine.  Hikers should watch the paragliders take off - conditions permitting - from the upper take-off ramp.  For paragliders sailing down to the landing zone by the parking lot, descent time is 7 minutes. One expert said that he actually flew from Poo Poo Point over Snoqualmie Pass, up the Teanaway Valley and over the Enchanments to Cashmere.

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It rained so the rocks were a little slippery.

In 30 years of hiking Tiger Mountain I've never been up the Chirico Trail. Today I decided to check it out. I also looped over to West Tiger 2 to pick up a little extra mileage.

I'd heard Chirico was often crowded, but I hiked up in the early afternoon Friday and there weren't a lot of people on the trail. There was a little bit of the bluetooth speaker thing going on, but all from hikers coming down the trail as I was headed up, nothing really annoying. Maybe it's busier on weekends?

As far as steepness or challenge on Tiger Mountain, this is a little bit steeper than West Tiger 3, but not as steep as the Cable Trail or Section Line. Since it doesn't gain as much as those other trails and is short, it didn't feel like a hard trail. 

The Poo Poo Point south landing had a group of paragliders checking things out. No one was at the north landing. I would argue that the view from these two viewpoints is as good as the views from W Tiger 2 and 1 - especially the Rainier view from the south landing. 

To get a little extra mileage, I headed down the other Poo Poo Point trail and linked with the One View Trail. There's been some nice trail maintenance here up to 15 Mile Gap. From there the trail gets brushy. I cut over on the Tiger Forest Road to West Tiger 2 and then looped back on the Tiger Mountain Trail. 

The TMT from Tiger 2 back to One View is extremely brushy and you can barely see the trail in a few places. There are several blowdowns over the trail as well, although DNR has cleaned up all the remains of last winter's bomb cyclone mess. 

By the time I got back to Poo Poo Point half a dozen people were on the north landing and paragliders were now launching from the south. Being a very clear day, it was cool to watch this with Rainier as a backdrop. Quite a few people were coming up the trail for sunset.

Beautiful day for a hike to Poo Poo point where we saw several paragliders taking off. With no rain lately it was a bit dusty—but we had amazing views from the top. Grateful for the newer bathroom at the top north view. And thank you to those planting spectacular wildflowers at the top!

Trail in good condition. Some slightly irregular stone stairs, some roots, and slightly steep portions but retaining footing not tremendously difficult. It should be obvious but this trail gains (relatively speaking) lot of elevation in a short time; may be unsuitable for your elderly aunt with a heart condition, for instance. Weather was warm and sunny, lots of nice greenery, some wild huckleberries (and the ubiquitous blackberries).