Three Bears: How to Survive Encounters on Tiger Mountain

My precious hiking companion, Ajax, is nursing a strained left hind paw. This has led to nostalgia and heightened senses for me on my most recent hikes without him, including last Friday’s epic hike on Tiger Mountain. I dubbed my WTA trip report “Courtilocks and the Three Bears.” Trip reports are factual representations of hikes …

Tiger Mountain’s Beauty Remains Despite Logging

On November 2, Ajax and I headed for Tiger Mountain, a half-hour drive from home. The upper trails had been closed for private logging since July. I was eager to learn whether I’d still have a good place to hike during the approaching winter months. This blog post is a photographic tribute to Tiger Mountain’s …