I was so impressed with the amount of work done to clear all the windfall. A big thank you to all involved. The trail is now in excellent condition and there's only one remaining blowdown near the top that is easy to walk over. There are a few root craters from fallen trees that took out the trail tread. This looks like it will be fairly easy to repair. I counted rings on one of the larger cut windfall trees and it was about 220 years old! I spend a little time scraping away some unwanted graffiti from a fence post.
The parking lot was about 1/2 full at 9 am. There was a significant inversion lingering, so it was around freezing at the trailhead and pushing 50 degrees near the top. Nice clear views today. We took a short side trip on the dirt access road to see a view of the new clearcut on Middle Tiger. They left a few straggly looking trees which actually makes it look even worse. I have no idea if the Middle Tiger trail is still open. It does look like the view from there will very good to the south.
RT 5.5 mi, 1700 ft
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