Around South Tiger Mountain

Trip

Day Hike - Around South Tiger Mountain

A pleasant romp around South Tiger, heading out on the South Tiger trail and back on the Tiger Mountain Trail.

  • Moderate
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 7.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 1,600 ft
  • Pace: ~2mph

Meeting place will be the South Tiger Trailhead off of Tiger Mountain Road at 7:45AM with boots on and ready to go at 8:00AM. No pass required.

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This trip will be a casual outing around South Tiger Mountain. This is my first hike lead and I've done this trail a number of times so I'm excited to take others out as well! The plan is to follow this route by taking the South Tiger Traverse trail out around South Tiger and take the Tiger Mountain Trail back around the East side of South Tiger until it meets back up with the South Tiger Traverse trail.  We'll skip the summits themselves as they're quite underwhelming and overgrown or covered in downed trees. We'll take a short offshoot down a dirt road to a spot with some good sitting logs for a break and a snack. If the weather is good this spot offers a great view of Rainier!  The trail has a pretty easy grade overall but a few short, steep sections. The elevation gain is minimal but the distance of 7.5 - 8 miles is a decent distance. If you are relatively new to hiking, please complete at least a ~6 mile hike prior to this one.

Pacing will be about 2mph. A bit slower on the up, a bit faster on the down.

The trip will go with light precipitation but will be cancelled for heavy rain. Microspikes aren't currently planned for but the trail gets snow every once in awhile so if we get a big snow event in March that could change.

An email will be sent after signup closes with some further details.

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Around South Tiger Mountain


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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

The Ten Essentials

  • Navigation
  • Headlamp
  • Sun protection
  • First aid
  • Knife
  • Fire
  • Shelter
  • Extra food
  • Extra water
  • Extra clothes
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