We took the tanaman, pct, and did the top loop counterclock wise with heartbreak uphill. The first 3 miles or so are lush with POISON OAK.  You can dodge most by clinging to the center of the trail,  but certainly not all. Be sure to look up as well, as some of the poison oak is freaking huge.   

Generally, this trail lulled us into a false sense of moderate difficulty. The flowers are blooming. It is well shaded, full of life, lots of water, beauty everywhere, not too steep,  and then, when you're already tired, you hit heartbreak. You think “oh great,  only one more mile to payday.”  Then the thoughts turn more to “Oh My God,..am I walking up a 60° slope?  Are you sure this is only a mile??? My Achilles tendons are killing me.  How far up this talas field do we have to climb? Yes, the gorge view is amazing,  but Ugh! this CAN'T be just a mile.”  You get to the top. Brain stops. Make sure to walk to the end. Views are stunning. Formations are incredible. We immediately declared it a hike of awesome and celebrated the person who recommended it. And that was just the east side.  We stuffed our faces. I huddled under a sun umbrella for a short nap of exhaustion bliss. We knew we'd be walking back in the dark but should be able to go downhill faster. The other side of the loop, the westway trail will be easier.  Famous last words. 

Nevermind,.. after scampering through some woods, things opened back up and yellow trout lilies everywhere were scattered dollops of sunshine. The views over the ridge were breathtaking.  Over and over and over again. There's nothing fast about our descent regardless of the loose scree trying to speed us along. Oh hello big black 25%chance of rain clouds coming our way. So dramatic. So much wind.  Such slow descending. Yay! more time to oggle. Okay, okay, we got past the really steep stuff before it got dark. Flashlight time.  What's this,..sparkling spider season?  And scorpions?!?! Anyhow,... this hike took us 15 hours.  Might have been faster without 36 lbs of gear. Wish me luck on the poison oak.

Hiked the PCT across the bridge of the gods up toward table mountain. I hiked to the road on the upper side of table mountain on the PCT (45.70155, -121.99928). The trail is in great condition! There are about a dozen blow downs but all are easy walk over/under/around. The lower part coming up from the Columbia is nice, feels like an urban fringe trail - less forest, more scrub re growth from past tree harvest. There is a gravel road up above Gillette Lake that is an active quarry road. I didn’t not fully hike up Table Mtn - but can confirm it’s snow free right now. 

Only saw two people at the end of the hike near the Bonneville cut off trail. 

Perfect weather day for summit with nice 5-10 mph breeze.  PCT in great shape with very little blowdown.  Ascended heartbreak ridge which has some blowdown and was overgrown in parts.  Tail end of wildflowers on the summit.  Descended down Eastway trail which was less overgrown but not any quicker due to loose scree.  Total stats were 17 miles and 4400 ft vert gain from North Bonneville trailhead.  Bathroom in great shape at trailhead.  Poles must, especially on Eastway trail due to loose scree.  Bring extra water especially if warm (I drank about 2.5 L).     

Traveled via Bonneville trailhead/Tamanous Trail to the PCT, then the "easier" side up, "harder" side down. 

Coming to the end of the wildflowers, but still really pretty in spots.  Day was overall very pleasant weather-wise with a gentle breeze and lots of sunshine.

Trails were all in decent shape, some spots on the PCT were a little grown over but with the imminent thru-hikers coming I'm sure it'll organically clear out.  :)

Table Mountain itself: super challenging climb.  Probably wouldn't be so bad if it didn't take so much to just get there!  Ascent was a time on all fours, and had a few moments of near-terror losing grip or balance.  Very much a huff-n-puff to the top, and once through the talus fields and back into timber the trail gets pretty overgrown, but pushing through to the "table" of the mountain is very doable.  The descent in some ways felt easier going the hard way, but I can see how it would be a nightmare when wet and muddy!  Once back to the PCT my knees definitely were talking to me!

Bugs around the water areas were fair...seen much worse but did get a couple mosquito bites.  Exposed areas were nearly bug-free.

This hike has been on my "list" for a long while now, very glad I did it and would not recommend doing it in anything but ideal weather and trail conditions.  Anything less would at least make it miserable, at worst dangerous.

I hiked to Table Mountain from the Bonneville TH to PCT. The day was really warm (97F), I got to the TH at 6am on a Monday so I had plenty of time to myself on the top, gorgeous wild flowers and great views of the volcanoes up top.

The trail is very gentle for the first 7 mi on the PCT and then it climbs really fast for the last 2 or 3 miles.

The trail is overgrown in a few spots on the PCT and on the trail to Table Mountain, I was wearing shorts and ended up with lots of scratches and itching skin, I would probably wear long pants even in warm weather for this hike.

The trail is easy to follow throughout. I did the final climb counter-clockwise but I would probably do clockwise next, the left side was really slippery going down with a lot of loose rock, while the right side (which I took going up) was steeper, it was firm ground which would have been better going down. Both left and right paths are pretty steep though.

All in all very strenuous (mostly long) but beautiful hike.