Grand Canyon of Fifteenmile Creek, Middle Tiger, Tiger Mountain Trail, Hobart - Middle Tiger Railroad Trail & West Side Road — Friday, Dec. 30, 2022

Our goal was not the waterfall but Tiger Middle Summit. There is simply no way to park near the gate or on the shoulder of Tiger Mountain Rd with all the No Parking Signs. So we parked about 0.1 mile to the north on a little cul de sac- didn’t say private rd. We were the only car parked there at 11:20 am. When we came back at 3 pm there were 2 other cars there. From the gate we walked about 1.1 mile on West Side Road keeping right. We got to the big steel concrete bridge and just before it the Middle Tiger Trail starts to the left. We continued up keeping right and leaving Hobart Middle Tiger RR and TMT to the left knowing we would be taking them back down making a little loop. Middle Tiger Trail is steep but very obvious at this time of the year. There we no obstacles except about a dozen fallen tree trunks, no water or snow on the trail. It was good to know we will be taking easier (but longer) trails on the way down. After about a mile from West Side Rd the trail intersects TMT and continues in little switchbacks all the way to  Middle Tiger Summit another half mile. We reached the peak after about 1.5 hours from the car.  We were there about four years ago already so we knew there are no views,  just forest. The only person we saw on the hike was a solo hiker who came to the peak few minutes after us. After that we didn’t meet anybody all the way to the parking. On the way down we took TMT mostly descending to the Hobart  Grade and after about 1.3 miles meeting Hobart Middle Tiger RR. TMT was pleasant walk with just a few fallen trees to cross. It was quite dark, the whole time we walked in the cloud. Even more pleasant is Hobart RR  very slowly descending except a few downs and ups crossing little creeks where there used to be bridges long time ago. Making the little loop on the way down added about 2 miles to our trip making it exactly 8 miles back at the car. In general very quiet, calm, beautiful and easy hike in almost complete solitude.