Adventure Trail

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Overview

Trail Features

Dogs
Allowed
Fees
None
Kids
Allowed
Route
Out and Back
Users
Hikers Only
Length
1.6
Parking
Yes
Surface
Dirt and Rock
Bathrooms
None
Elevation Gain
310
Difficulty
Beginner
Trail Hours
24 hours
Parking Hours
24 hours
Water Fountains
None
Vending Machines
None

As one of many interconnected trails in the Tiger Mountain trail system, the Adventure Trail can be accessed from a few different points. The quickest and easiest is by parking at the Sunset Way trailhead (no parking pass needed), and walking the quarter-mile uphill path to the Tradition Plateau. Note that there are no amenities here, though there is a large trail system map; snap a photo of that to assist in offline navigation.

Coming up to the plateau, go straight on the Powerline Trail (a gravel road) for a few hundred yards until the first signed turnstile on your right. Heading through a tree-tunnel, you'll walk another hundred yards until you see the sign pointing into the woods to the Adventure Trail. You'll likely encounter a few trail runners, maybe some families with children, or hikers headed on to the higher peaks of Tiger Mountain, but generally this is not a crowded trail, even on weekends.

The Adventure Trail gains a mere 300 feet over its .08 mile and is often used simply as a connector to other trails, but it is a lovely trail on its own. This trail can be used year-round, is mostly shaded, and is considered beginner level. Roots and rocks give this easy-to-follow trail a little bit of a challenge for trail runners, but not so much that kids, dogs (on leash only please!), or novices can't stay safe as long as they pay attention.

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Description

Once under the canopy of old-growth Douglas firs, their boughs dripping with moss and lower trunks decorated with mushrooms, you'll immediately feel how the Adventure Trail got its name. Shady, winding, playful—this trail truly is an adventure. It's only .08 mile end-to-end but feels like a longer journey into something more remote and almost rain-foresty and ancient; it's hard to believe that you are in such close proximity to so many other more populated trails.

Entering from the Powerline Trail side, you'll see a wooden plank nailed to a tree with an arrow pointing up and the words "Adventure Trail," then you'll rise up over a small mulchy knoll, and drop into a gentle ravine that runs south to the High School Trail. While there are some rocks and roots to navigate (this is not recommended for wheelchairs and strollers), the trail is mostly dirt with some stretches of mulch from fallen trees. It is rare, though, to encounter a tree which has fallen across the trail staying there for long. This is a very well-maintained, easy-to-follow trail.

There are no sweeping vistas here, but your eyes are treated to brilliant shades of green in the form of fir trees, ferns, lichen, trillium, foxglove, and some plant with oversized foliage that my family calls "dinosaur leaves." On a sunny day, The Adventure Trail provides welcome shade and amazing photo opportunities when the sunbeams shoot through the upper branches and dance on the forest floor.

This serpentine trail meanders side to side and up and down, gaining and losing about 300 feet over multiple small rolling hills; the mellow elevation and short distance make it a good trail for beginning hikers or those just starting to run trails. Toward the end there is one hill slightly higher than the rest, after which you drop down for a nice long straightaway (runners love this part!) on a dirt-and-packed gravel trail. Look to your left for a tree with a very distinct and pronounced curve. This is your "in the homestretch" landmark.

The trail ends at the High School Trail, at which point you can go right, left, or back the way you came. Whether you choose to sprint through it in 15 minutes, walk it as part of a multi-mile day, or stop to perch on a log or rock for a forest picnic, the Adventure Trail is an enchanting and memorable little corner of Tiger Mountain.

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