I did a little add on to the West Tiger Four-Summit Loop, as I also went up to East Tiger and Middle Tiger Mountain summits on this beautiful morning.
I started at 5:09am and took Cable Line up to West Tiger 3, and then took the trail/road over to WT2, and then over to WT1. On WT1, I ran into some friends that had started like at 4:45am. After chatting a good while with them, they headed back to Cable Line trailhead, and I continued down the road to East Tiger. Once at the base of East Tiger. I took the East Tiger trail. This trail is shared by mountain bikers, so beware of that. There were a couple of mountain bikers on the trail this morning, so be ready to get out of their way. They were very nice, and gave me some warning!!
After East Tiger, I headed on over to Middle Tiger. Up at the summit of Middle Tiger there are numerous trees marked for an upcoming logging operation. There was a sign that stated that this may happen this spring-summer, so beware of that. Instead of looping around the south side of Middle Tiger, I went the way back that I came up, and caught the Fifteen Mile Creek Railroad Grade trail where it crossed the main Tiger Mountain Road.
Fifteen Mile Creek RR Grade trail is a very cool trail. First time for me on this particular trail, and I liked it. It is a bit overgrown, and has a few smaller trees across it, but it is a pretty trail!! At the intersection with Hidden Forest Trail, I took a left, and took the Hidden Forest trail down to West Side Road. Tis part of Hidden Forest trail is in excellent condition.
I then took Westside Road up to Poo Poo Point. After a short stay I took Poo Poo Point trail down to Section Line, and then took that up. I had thoughts of going all the way up to WT3, but it was starting to get warm, and I was getting tired, so I took the Talus Rocks trail for a short bit(0.2 mile), and then took the Nook Trail down to the Bus Trail, and then hiked back to my car at Cable Line.
Finished at 12:26pm. 19.3 miles with 5451 ft elevation gain. Great loop!! Spring is here on TIger Mountain. Lot of green new growth, and quite a few flowers blooming too!!
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