One-View Trail, Poo Top, Poo Poo Point & West Tiger 3 — Friday, May. 16, 2003

Issaquah Alps > Tiger Mountain

This was a great round trip hike with a few surprise features. The idea was to loop from the High Point Trail head using the West Tiger 3, West Tiger RR Grade, and West Tiger 1 trails over West Tiger 1 to the Poo Poo Point trail via the Poo Top, Hidden Forest, Tiger Mt. and One View trails and then back to High Point via the Power Line - Round Lake Trails. All of the trails are muddy from the recent heavy rains. The further East I went snow began to appear on the trail (High Point Creek Bridge on West Tiger RR Grade). The snow dusting became deeper 2 to 3 inches as the West Tiger 1 summit was approached. Lots of ""snow bombs"" were coming off the trees due to a combination of sun and wind. West Tiger 1 was foggy on the summit and I had to search for the Poo Top Trail (no sign - just an opening in the brush off the road). Poo Top had a coating of snow almost its entire length making footing slippery on steep sections. The start of the Poo Top Trail is not very distinct which made initial route finding more difficult with the snow cover. Once down to the Hidden Valley Trail and on the One View Trail in particular, mud holes were very common. The worst of the mud ended just before hitting the West Tiger RR Grade junction. The Poo Poo Point trail was in good condition as were the other trails back to the car. Trip mileage about 10 to 11 miles (depending on whose measurements are used) 2700 feet of elevation gain, 5.5 hours hiking time. No rain but cool temperatures for May. Views were ok but no views from West Tiger 1 due to fog. Poo Top had some good views of the West Tiger ridge and summits. A good days walk all in all.