"I am training to do the Washington portion of the Pacific Crest Trail next year (2022), and found out about the "Issaquah Alps 24" peak challenge after I had done about 10 of them. I figured I may as well sign up here on Peakery and track them. Did Taylor Mountain today, and will document the other 11 I've done so far in the coming weeks. Just FYI, this is a very dull hike, and there is no view at the top (or pretty much anywhere along the route). It's all service roads, some very overgrown." — danv • Jul 7, 2021

"Set off for the final of the 24 Issaquah Alps peaks. Parked at the Tiger Mountain Summit lot and played Frogger across HWY 18 - be very careful here, as its a fast highway with limited sight distance. The trail starts at the HWY and follows the BPA right of way, a short distance before turning onto a former logging road. Taylor Mountain Regional Park is nearly 2000 acres crisis crossed by former logging roads. This route follows the prominent hill, contouring to the East, while gently gaining ground to the summit. This is an old logging road, very boring, with a redeeming view of Tiger East aka Tiger Mountain Summit, and also Middle Tiger. Other than one or two views of this are, there is not much to see, as you pass several cycles of logging over the years. The final road to the summit follows another logging road and leads to a viewless pile of logging debris. The only reason to climb this is to bag the peak for the Issaquah Alps 24. It could be a trail run, but HWY 18 crossing makes this dangerous and the history with Ted Bundy makes this hike and undesirable adventure." — markhadland • Sep 2, 2020

"I used the parking lot that is on the South side (and West of) the Tiger Mountain Trailhead on Highway 18 (Tiger Summit Summer Parking). The boot path leading from that parking lot (on East side of lot) is a great route to get to the roads leading to Taylor. The roads are all fairly easy to get through, albeit 100% unmarked. So in this case, using pre-routed GPS navigation might be helpful since there's no trail markings or maps at the site. One last thought: I had the idea to get to Brew Hill using this route. Four different maps indicated that I could navigate around the Cedar River Watershed fairly easily without crossing the borders. When I got there, I found that all four of my maps had incorrect borders, so getting to Brew was not possible from Taylor." — herdingcats • Apr 18, 2014

"Taylor Mountain is a great hiking/snowshoeing destination when avalanche danger its high, or for cloudy days when there are no views to be had elsewhere. I've done several smaller hikes around Taylor Mountain, but have been saving the long road walk to the summit for just such an occasion. I parked at the Tiger Mountain Trailhead, crossed Highway 18 and headed north to the gated road. At a junction about a mile in I took the lower road to the left, losing about 200' of elevation along the way to the top. Light rain came and went and the cloud ceiling hung steady at around 2000', providing hazy views over rattlesnake knob and into the North Fork Snoqualmie Valley. Snow appeared on the sides of the road around 1500' get and was covered by 2000'. Snowshoes would have been nice for traction, but I rarely sunk more than a few inches. The summit was socked in with clouds so after a quick breather we continued on, exiting to the West via the "Boundary Trail" along the watershed border. The roads on top of the ridge were far more melted out than those on the North face, but were littered with blowdowns making travel time a push. The skies cleared slightly when I passed a viewpoint..." — Jeb • Mar 1, 2013

"Took the 4 mile road to the summit and back down. The road was marked with mile markers every half mile. We were done so quick we decided to head over to Grand Ridge and got that one in as well." — Al-Rashid • Mar 26, 2011