Field trip: Conditioning Hiking Series Alumni
CHS Alumni Hike - Tiger Mountain Trail
Resolving to hike more in the New Year? Get started with this out-and-back, 6 mile total trek to Murat's Bridge - an engineering marvel on the TMT!
Contacts
Douglas Berry
Primary Leader
- Sun, Jan 5, 2020
- Seattle Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy/Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 4.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,000 ft
- Pace: 2.0 mph
- 4 (12 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Leave from the Green Lake Park and Ride at 7:30 AM or meet at the High Point aka Tradition Plateau Trail Head, exit 20 off of I-90 at 8:00 AM. A Discovery Pass will be needed for those driving to the trail head.
This hike will go along the TMT through a mossy coniferous forest and large ferns with a destination of point of the Murat's hiking bridge. This bridge was constructed in 2015 after two previous bridges had been destroyed in the past 50 years by "100 year storms".
Lunch or snack afterwards will be at Garlic Crush, a Mediteranean food restaurant in Issaquah.
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT - Ten Essential Systems
- Navigation (map & compass)
- Sun protection (sunglasses & sunscreen)
- Insulation (extra clothing)
- Illumination (headlamp/flashlight)
- First-aid supplies
- Fire (waterproof matches/lighter/candle)
- Repair kit and tools
- Nutrition (extra food)
- Hydration (extra water)
- Emergency shelter (tent/plastic tube tent/garbage bag)
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