Our group of five senior hikers from 72 to 82 met at the High Point trailhead parking lot to do a loop hike on the lower slopes of Tiger Mtn. on this sunny day. We headed out on the Swamp Trail which has story boards along the way that children would enjoy reading about "Zoey and the Swamp Monster". The trail crosses some metal bridges over the swampy areas. When we got to the Brink Trail, we saw where many trees had blown down in last Novembers cyclone windstorm. Took a lot of work to cut out all of the fallen trees. Hiking on the Puget Power Trail (an old road) we got to the bench with a view of Issaquah and Lake Sammamish.
After some photos (we even saw two Garder snakes out enjoying the sun) we hiked the Park Point Connector Trail. It also had a lot of downed trees from the storm that are now cut out. We saw a few Trilums along the way. This trail goes up and down and comes out on to the High School Trail (another old roadbed). We headed up hill on it and met up with the Bonneville Trail (BPA power line road). We then turned off on to the Wetlands Trail and stopped for lunch at the benches at Round Lake. There were a couple of ducks in the lake. The lake was a former mill pond for a lumber mill during the logging days on Tiger Mtn.
When we finished with lunch, we hiked the Wetlands Trail out to the Puget Power Trail. We hiked it to get to the Around the Lake Trail which goes on the south side of Tradition Lake. When we arrived at the spot near the lake with several benches there was a large group of middle school students having an outdoor class put on by Mountain to Sound Greenway. Then it was back to the parking lot to finish our 5.2-mile loop hike.
Made for a nice hike on a sunny Spring Day with the temp up to 70. We only saw a few other hikers on our trip as most were probably going up West Tiger 3. When we got back to the parking lot it was full. There was even a large bus for the students we met. Cars were parked down the road for the Cable Line Trail and High Point Trail. George
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