Keep following the route straight (NOT the trail following the powerlines to the east). A viewpoint looking west will be on the leftside of the area. Take an immediate left turn, followed by an immediate right turn up a gravel road (hill).Ĥ) Cross under powerlines after 0.2 miles further. Keep following the main trail, to the left.ģ) A trail intersection, Hobart Gap (1080' elevation), is reached after 0.3 miles further. Each of these approaches eventually use the same maintained trail ('South Tiger Traverse') and summit trail to reach the summit of the mountain.ġ) Start at the Tiger Mountain Trailhead located at 560' elevation, along Tiger Mountain Road SE.Ģ) A Horse Trail (1060' elevation) begins after 1.1 miles.

The shortest route is via the Southern Approach to South Tiger Mountain. However, there are three standard approaches leading to the summit of South Tiger Mountain. With a large overlapping trail system within Tiger Mountain State Forest, multiple approaches to South Tiger Mountain are possible. The 20' Closed Contour of the northern summit means that its elevation is actually between 2020'-2040'. The northern summit has never been triangulated, but it has a minimum elevation of 2020' and from many angles appears to be of similar elevation as the southern summit hill. The southern summit has been triangulated by the United State Geological Survey as having an elevation of 2028'. South Tiger Mountain has two summit hills. One might encounter occasional hikers, trail runners, and possibly even horseback riders, during the hike but not near the quantity in nearby areas. While most travelers in the Tiger Mountain State Forest tend to focus on summiting West Tiger or East Tiger, South Tiger sees relatively little visitors by comparison. Travelers can visit the mountain year-round. The routes to the summit traverse through some of the most beautiful woodland the Cascade foothills can offer. Located in the southwestern side of the Tiger Mountain State Forest of the Issaquah Alps, South Tiger Mountain is one of the lesser known mountain summits in the Tiger Mountain chain of peaks.īut what South Tiger Mountain lacks in popularity it makes up with scenery.

Tiger spine mountains on archeage map