Talus Rock Trail, Section Line Trail, Wetlands Trail, Adventure Trail, West Tiger 3 & Bus Trail — Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025

My hiking group started from the Senator Bill Ramos Memorial Th (East Sunset Way) at 9:15 today. Only 3 cars were in the lot when we drove up. There are no toilet facilities here so plan to green door.  It was 53 degrees with light rain falling when we headed up the trail. Our route followed the Tradition Plateau, Wetlands, Adventure, High School, Section Line, Talus Rocks, West Tiger 3 and Bus trails back to the Wetlands for a 6.1 miles out and back lollipop loop hike.  All the trails are saturated, well drained soil, some covered with big maple leaves.  The only dicey spot was descending down to the creek after visiting the Talus Rocks on the Talus Rocks Trail.  The roots and rocks were super slippery and we took our time facing the trail and navigating giant step downs.  Several downed branches lay across the trail were the waterfall stream comes down.  I choose to step on the rocks and gravel that were present. We had to step over 3 downed trees on our route the largest was just before Round Lake. Trail traffic was super light, most likely, due to the rainy weather forecast. We passed less than 10 trail users the entire time we were out.  The hillside is still holding onto brilliant yellow color from the deciduous trees.  We spotted a few mushrooms but not as many as I was expecting.  The skies parted briefly when we walked up to Round Lake. This was the least amount of water I have seen here.  It looked like a giant puddle with grass and cattails poking out.  We stopped at the Tradition Plateau gate way Trillium arch on our way back to the trailhead.  Rain started falling in earnest when we drove out at 1:30.  Another fantastic day out in nature with friends.