Tiger Mountain Lowlands Damage Finally got my power back so I can submit a report. I tried to cover several trails in the lowlands to check the damage from the big windstorm on 12/14/06. Note I am not even going to mention those trees that blew down across the trail that are laying on the ground and easy to step over. I'll just report the major stuff that slows down a hike/run. I started at Issaquah high school - the trail behind the high school where it crosses under the powerlines was not passable. BEWARE: There were powerlines laying in the trail. Further up the switchbacks towards the Tradition Plateau, the lines are hanging at head height across the trail. But for the rest of the HS trail, other than lots of limbs in the way, the trail is fine. The Adventure trail has about a half a dozen blow downs, including some multiples that are at about waist height. The biggest is on the switchback just north of the highest point on this trail. It fell lengthwise in the trail making it totally disappear, and the only real passable route is to climb over the tree and cut the switchback, assuming you know it's there. The Big Tree trail lost many big trees- major chainsaw action needed. Though a couple fell on the boardwalk, it seemed to escape any major damage. There are maybe 2 that pulled up a lot of ground in the trail when they came down, and the trail will likely need to reroute around the roots now. The Big Tree trail probably has the most damage of all I covered. The Swamp trail has only one major blowdown near the tradition trailhead. The Brink trail has several smaller (6-8"" diameter) trees that have blocked the trail at knee to waist hight, so expect to climb over or under a lot. One grouping had a lot of limbs, so took me awhile to get through. The wetlands trail seemed to escape any major blowdown sections. Likewise, the connector trail & lower Section Line is in great shape, though lots of limb debris. And the largest blockage is right by the gate at the bottom of the West Tiger #3 trail, and this will probably be gone by the time you read this report. It's going to take patience & a lot of work to clean up after this one.