"Did this hike to get these two peaks. Sally's Summit has a short trail (0.2 mile) to it from the service road, but it's a mountain-bike only trail, so you have to either flout the rules, or scramble up. I flouted the rules. Beaver Hill has no trail to it. The shared "Crosshaul" mountain bike/hiking trail skirts the hill, so I scrambled up the 400 feet or so (100 feet vertical) to the top. No view on either of these summits." — danv • Aug 3, 2021

"Planned a loop route to summit the & peaks of East, Middle, and South Tiger Mountain, the remaining peaks on Tiger Mountain as part of the Issaquah Alps 24 list I needed to bag. This part of Tiger Mountain is designed for Mountain Bikes and has a wonderful network of graded trails like ski runs green, blue, black, etc. Beyond the first mile or so from the TH, most of the trails are a mix of gravel access and former logging roads. Much of South Tiger was logged recently and the land looks terrible, the route to Middle Tiger has areas slated for cutting. Honestly, I would not recommend hiking much of this area unless you want to bag the peaks. The route down East Tiger has some nice areas, but other than that is a mix of trails through the clear cut, restored forest, and gravel roads. I only saw people as I descended down East Tiger and the rest of the mountains and trails was deserted. Middle Tiger had a nice trail up - lots of interesting moss on the trees and some wood and rock structures that spooked me out as I was alone - a little Blair Witchesque for my preference. With the exception of a small stream a couple of miles into the route to South Tiger, there were no viabl..." — markhadland • Aug 29, 2020

"Yesterday was a big day; I'm still a bit tired. In 13.27 miles I picked up 7 of these Issaquah Alps lovelies. First up was Beaver Hill. After reading as many reports as I could (not a lot available), it seemed like there were two decent approaches. There's the approach from the NNW where there's a logging road, and then there's Al Rashid's boot path off of Main Tiger Mountain Road #4000 (next to the stream, South side of the hill). I chose to start from the road-side parking off Highway 18, then ascend Beaver Hill by way of Al Rashid's boot path, and then come off the Hill by way of the boot path which would then take me up to Sally's Summit. I have to say, I will never take that creekside boot path again. Al Rashid, it's not you brother. Maybe you're just a more hearty climber than I am: very possible. My observation is that it's a long journey and there's a TON of downed trees and debris to navigate. It's not as though you won't find some of that if you come in from the NNW, but the distance traveled (through the junk) is much shorter and it seems like there is far more bare earth to walk on (as opposed to playing tight-wire crossing from log to log). So, for anyone ..." — herdingcats • Apr 13, 2014

"A reach goal in a late afternoon trailrun/hike (rhike) to Sally's Summit. Ran down from Sally's to the new road that branches off around 2200 ft (?). Followed this road down and then to a height-of-land. Had no beta on this one, so looked in vain for a spur trail for a bit before deciding to bushwhack up the ridge. It was slow-going with a lot of felled trees. At one point on the summit plateau I climbed up on a pile of logs and sticks and saw a tiny pond. So many downed trees, it was easier to traverse a bit lower on the west side of the hill. The "summit" was hard to pinpoint but it's a ways south. Descended to the NW to the road: steeper but far easier going (recommend heading up the hill to the SE from the lowpoint of the new logging road). Only after I was back running up the road did it hit me: I had been climbing over a beaver den... on the top Beaver Hill. Obvi right?" — scott • Apr 2, 2014

"My brother and I decided to make a trip up to Beaver Hill, but weren't too keen on the long way around, so we opted for a bit of bushwacking instead. The long way would be to take the road from the Tiger Summit Trailhead to Silent Swamp Trail and then try to find what is left of the old Beaver Valley Trail at the other end of Silent Swamp Trail. Unfortunately Silent Swamp is nothing but a clear cut as of about a year ago, and Beaver Valley Trail is left off all current maps and doesn't get much foot traffic anymore, so it's very overgrown. So, rather than take a long walk on a road, then a long walk through stumps and logging debris, and finish it off with a bushwack on an overgrown trail, we opted to take the short way. It really wasn't that bad actually. We took the road from the trailhead 1/4 mile past the Iverson Railroad Trail crossing to the first creek you come to on the road. From the road there was a decent bootpath following the east side of the creek. This was perfect because we planned to just stay on the ridge east of the creek all the way to the top. The path faded out after a while but the bushwacking was never too bad at all. About halfway up we once ag..." — Al-Rashid • Jan 7, 2013