Tiger Mountain revisited

February 10, 2006

Spoiling myself, I took a personal day from work and decided that I ought to get back into the hills and start hiking again. The day dawned brightly but I slept through it, not getting out of bed until after 8am. I put the cans on the KLR, stuffed them full of hiking paraphernalia, donned my gear and headed into the foothills. By now the sun was well up, traffic was still tight but I was on my way. I reached the Tiger Mountain trailhead around 10am and made a conscious decision to head for a vista point, knowing that today's brilliant blue skies would create a dramtic backdrop to snowcovered peaks. I hiked up and down, though mud and over stumps and only managed to catch the slightest glimpse of snowcovered peaks. But it was a most enjoyable hike and the elevation gains let my body know that I really do need to get out more.

The KLR and gear, safely stowed during my abscence	Lower elevation trails are very manicured

Fuzzy trees	Single-track trail through the ferns

Cuts are from when loggers stuck boards in to stand on while cutting	New life on top of old

Nurse stump, roots dangling towards earth	Massive stumps guard over the trail

Open forest	Navigating steep hillsides

Bridge over a fast flowing creek	Tree ferns

Ice in the road	Hard to tell, but looking at branches underwater

Ideal trails	Frosty trail out in the open