Cable Line Trail
Fall colors are starting to show
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Issaquah Alps
One-View Trail on Tiger Mountain is currently difficult to navigate due to overgrowth in some sections, as reported on June 25, 2026. Despite this, the trail was snow-free at that time, and the road was suitable for all vehicles. Bug activity was also reported as nonexistent. Wildflowers, including Columbia Tiger Lily, daisies, and foxgloves, were noted to be abundant on West Tiger One and downward towards Glacial Erratic. The parking area at Chirico Trail had limited early morning congestion, with more hikers arriving in the afternoon.
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As of June 25, 2026, the One-View Trail was reported as difficult to navigate due to overgrowth in certain sections. A machete was even suggested as a useful tool for passage.
The road to the trailhead was reported as suitable for all vehicles as of June 25, 2026.
There were no bugs reported on the trail as of June 25, 2026.
Wildflowers were described as amazing on West Tiger One and downward to Glacial Erratic, with sightings of Columbia Tiger Lily, daisies, and foxgloves as of June 25, 2026. Additional flowers were enjoyed at the South Launch Pad on Poo Poo Ridge.
Fall colors are starting to show
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Fall color starting to appear
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View obscured by wildfire smoke
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Fall color arriving, with a chance of wildlife sightings
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Fall color arriving, trees have faint red speckles
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Overgrowth on Bootleg trail became noticeable
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Hidden Forest trail from West Side Road to Larry's Crossing is a jungle, made it through, but a machete would have been a great 11th Essential. As well 15 Mile RR Grade from our viewpoint at the junct...
This is a companion piece tolast week's trip report, but with a different aim. I wanted to visitthe 1925 train-wreck sitefrom Issaquah, requiring a long traverse from the High School Trail up to the O...
I successfully attempted to summit East Tiger Mountain from Issaquah, and boy oh boy, did this have it all for an adventure! Miles and miles of hiking, great birdwatching, getting lost on dead ends, a...
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I went on a meandering hike, first up to Poo Poo Point, then West Tiger No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3There are no real surprises up here. The snow from a month ago is long gone, and the ground was dry. Trai...
Tiger Mountain is quite an adventure right now. Everything above the level of the Poo Poo Point Trail on the West side, or the Talus Rock Trail turnoff on the North side was a bit of a slushy mess tod...
A nice figure 8 loop of sorts today, for our two hikers and two dogs. We started from the Bill Ramos Trailhead (still called East Sunset Way Trailhead on most maps), and ascended to West Tiger #2 for ...
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9 of us enjoyed a pre-Thanksgiving hike on Tiger this morning between showers, a giant "choose your own adventure" loop that clocked us 10.5-ish miles and about 3000' of elevation gain. We left the pa...
In 30 years of hiking Tiger Mountain I've never been up the Chirico Trail. Today I decided to check it out. I also looped over to West Tiger 2 to pick up a little extra mileage.I'd heard Chirico was o...