Tiger Mountain Trail, South Tiger Mountain Loop, South Tiger Summit & South Tiger Traverse — Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024

Hiked counterclockwise. About 100 feet before the junction of the TMT and the road up to South Tiger from the north (near Holder Creek), there is a massive complex of blowdowns that completely obscures the trail. We were able to bushwhack up the slope to the road, but not without some painful encounters with a devil’s club. Unfortunately no photos - we were busy trying to find our way through - but the trail will be difficult if not impossible to navigate until cleared. (See attached screenshot of our route - I circled the location in red.)

The rest of the trail had lots of blowdowns from the recent windstorm which were generally passable by scrambling over or ducking under. We also avoided the newly constructed South Tiger summit trail in favor of the roads, since a fellow hiker also encountered massive blowdowns on the lower section.