[Malachai Constant]

As far as I can tell the WT3, Section Line, and Cableline trails are intact up to the OSAT meeting place from there to WT3 summit there is a pile of slash with braided social trails. The Seattle View trail is gone except for the first 150’ vertical from the WT railroad grade ironically it now has a Seattle view. The TMT from Toms Crossing to Manning’s Reach is also gone. The Cableline extension from WT3 to WT2 is gone with a dirt rough track contouring around WT2 was used to remove the fence post sized trees. The cut on the south side of WT2 goes below 2200’. No knowledge on the East side of WT2 but the tower appears to be surrounded by dirt down to 2400’ or so. The cut area has no stumps and appears to be bare with no brush.

[zimmertr]

[Randito]

[Malachai Constant]

It is close to 2500’ of elevation gain from Issaquah High School to the OSAT meeting place via High School and Section Line Trails. 2000’ gain from Highpoint exit to OSAT via Cableline or WT3 & parking lot trails. variations abound. Signs to summit are down now.

[Malachai Constant]

Hikers bypass of WT1, Poo Top to WT1, Preston to WT1, TMT from Toms Crossing to Seattle View, Seattle View to WT2, and Trail from WT3 to WT2 are all toast. Either slash, muddy cat tracks, or eroded. Nice views though.

[zimmertr]

[JimK]

[Sculpin]

Does anyone know if there are currently any good options in the Tiger system for getting above the fog and getting a view without having to deal with too much mud or slash?

[zimmertr]

On Sunday the WT3 trail was pretty much dry all the way from High Point to the summit. It was muddy between WT3 and WT2 though. And then dry again between WT2 and WT1. Cable Line on the way down was muddy though. That being said, even in my trail runners the mud was never a serious problem. If by slash you mean the clearcut, The West Tiger, Cable Line, Section Line, etc trails are basically forested until 50-100' of the summit. The cut is in the other direction. And there's really only 50-100' of "trail" that traverses brush from the clearcut. And it's at the base of WT3 on the way to WT2.

[gb]

I think this was done by some angry little man who hates hikers at whorehouser.

[Malachai Constant]

It certainly seems vindictive, or the start of of an Antenna farm.

[Malachai Constant]

Pix from WT1 and WT2

[Pyrites]

[treeswarper]

The trees that were left were punkins. Big trees. Spaced fairly far apart. Sometimes they stay up. Elsewhere, in the suburbs of Randle, I've seen some pitiful hemlocks left as leave trees. Those don't do well. There is a wonderful wildlife tree left standing and surviving because it was a cull. It's crooked and limby and just what the birds like. I watched it for a while. It'll make it. I walked a lot in that part of the woods and often saw an owl, hawks and grouse, bears and deer.

[Malachai Constant]

Most of the snow has melted and what remains has hardened into boiler plate. To exit WT2 trial to summit is quite difficult as it is all slash. Preston trail to WT1 is similarly difficult but with more snow traction suggested. Trail from WT3 to WT2 is passable but slide prone down WT 3 and much longer on road. It has been ditched. Spring will see a brush pile up through the slash of epic proportions unless sprayed.