Talus Rocks Hike at Tiger Mountain

Today 5 Yoh! girls & 3 dogs hiked to the Talus Rocks on Tiger Mountain.  It was a beautiful day and so nice that we were able to hike without having to wear our raingear for a change.  The loop was 3.3 miles with an elevation gain of about 700 feet.  Some parts were pretty steep, but overall not too bad.  The main trail was in really good condition.  We did have to climb over a few downed trees and contend with a bit of mud on the secondary connector trail.  It didn't take us that long and we finished in about 2 hrs, so after taking a brief stop for a picnic lunch, we hiked the 1.5 mile Tradition Lake trail.  Thanks to everyone who came.  It was so nice to spend some time in the outdoors in sunny weather!

Group photo: Susan, Corey, Winston, Kassia, Brenda with Pace, and Tammy with Lily.

Here's Corey in the car anxiously waiting for others to arrive.

Winston looked pretty anxious, too!

At the trailhead.  We were lucky to find parking in the main parking lot.  This is a very popular trail and it fills up fast.

This was the first Yoh! hike for Tammy & her dog Lily.

Susan & Kassia

The first part of the loop was on the West Tiger 3 trail.  This one is really steep and goes further up to a viewpoint.  Once I get into better shape I'd like to try to make it to the top.

Looking upwards....

We encountered another Corgi named Baxter. 

The sign must have fallen down and some nice hiker drew this on the pole.  This is where we left the West Tiger 3 trail and hiked the connector trail.

Susan & Brenda



The trail description I read said there was a waterfall on this hike.  This is it, but it was more of a little stream of water dribbling down the hillside.

Found this cool tree growing on one of the Talus Rocks.

Brenda & Pace

The rocks were actually really cool.

Tammy & Kassia

Our first try at a group photo using my camera timer....did not come out too well.

Much better!

Corey loved these tree limbs overhanging the trail.



Huge tree trunk.  This must have been from the old growth forest.

The marker for our second hike.

We saw some pretty flowers.

 

I snuck a picture of Kassia!

Another cool trunk.

View of Tradition Lake.