I am new to the area so have been looking for good trails to take my husband who uses a three-wheel scooter since he has neuropathy. The Bus Trail and the first part of the Tradition Lake Trail (from the latter trailhead) was great for this--reasonably smooth and fairly broad, in an excellent forest setting. Even the noises of nearby 90 are very muted, so it is quiet. Midweek we shared the path with some others, including dogs on leashes, but it was not busy. I've added it to my recommend for ADA folks list. The Bus Trail gets stony (hard on bad backs) after about half a mile going right, but is good the other direction for awhile. These could be smoothed with a little work.

What an amazing morning to be outside hiking! This was my first hike with the Mountaineers as part of the Go Hike series and it was a great intro! I arrived at the Highpoint trailhead at 7:15am with about half the lot full. By the time we started hiking at 7:30 the lot was just about full. It was totally full and people were parked down the road when I left around 10:30.   

I had thought about doing this loop alone before, but I was happy to be with a group with a leader who knows the area because I'm sure I would have gotten lost on my own! We covered the Swamp Monster, Adventure, Bus, and around the Lake Loop, amongst other trails. The trail was in good condition with minimal mud. It's mostly flat with a few ups. We only a saw a couple other groups despite the amount of cars in the parking lot.  Overall it was a great morning!

AllTrails had us at 3.64mi roundtrip.

Nice easy hike with views of Tradition Lake and Round Lake.  Trails are well maintained and easy to follow.

All of the snow has melted on the trails below 1100'. There were a few muddy spots, but nothing too bad. I found my first red huckleberry flowers (photo 3), sitka willow buds (photo 2), and cherry plum flowers (photo 1). Colt's foot (photo 4) is now blooming on the Section Line trail). There are some thick areas of oso-berry blooms. Lots of nettles are coming up and I saw the first Pacific waterleaf shoots.

2024 spring milestones on Tiger Mt:

2-27 red huckleberry in bloom (multiple trails)

2-27 Pacific waterleaf shoots (Park Pointe)

2-27 sitka willow flower buds (gas line clearing, end of Big Tree trail)

2-25 cherry plums blooming (multiple trails on Tradition plateau)

2-24 first moths (small, tan-orange, same species that came out first last year)

2-24 colt's foot in bloom, poo poo point trail 

2-22 salmonberry flowers (Swamp trail)  

2-22 tall Oregon grape flowers open (Power Line above Sunset Way) 

2-17 stinging nettle shoots

2-14 colt's foot flower buds (Poo Poo Point trail)

2-13 colt's foot (Petasites frigidus) shoots appear (section line, they must have been many days earlier on the Poo Poo point trail)

2-13 red elderberry leaves (Sambucas racemosa)

2-8 tall Oregon grape flower buds (Mahonia aquifolium)

2-2 oso-berry flower (Oemleria cerasiformis)

2-1 male Pacific Wrens singing for mates and territory