Holder Knob — Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023

Just a quick easy saunter through the woods to a summit with barely peekaboo views of Rainier and Tiger Mountain. Pretty fully shaded the whole way, and it's clear that it has been logged, although there are still a few impressive old trees. The main point was to tick a box: Taylor Mountain is the only one of the Issaquah Alps that I had not yet explored. It doesn't really have anything that Tiger or even Squak doesn't have more of, but now I've seen it. It does seem popular with horses, although I only saw... what they left behind. In fact, I didn't see a soul on the whole trail, just a slug and some butterflies.