1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cable Line Trail, heading SE.
3. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading NW.
4. 0.6 miSharp right onto West Tiger 3 Trail, heading NE.
5. 150 ftSharp left onto Bus Trail, heading W.
6. 0.3 miPass Old Bus.
7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Section Line Trail, heading S.
9. 50 ftSharp right onto High School Trail, heading S.
10. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rainier Trail, heading W.
12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
13. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading N.
15. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
16. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
17. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading N.
19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
21. 150 ftTurn right onto Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
22. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
23. 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
24. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
25. 0.7 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading S.
26. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
27. 0.4 miReach Old Bus, then turn around and head back the way you came.
28. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
29. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
30. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
31. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
32. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
33. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
34. 0.2 miTurn right onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading E.
35. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading S.
36. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
37. 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
38. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
39. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
40. 0.5 miTurn right onto High School Trail, heading S.
41. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
42. 0.5 miSharp left onto Section Line Trail, heading S.
43. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
44. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bus Trail, heading SE.
45. 0.7 miSharp right onto West Tiger 3 Trail, heading E.
46. 150 ftSharp left onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading E.
47. 0.6 miSharp left onto Cable Line Trail, heading E.
48. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
49. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cougar-mountain-anti-aircraft-peak-big-tree-ridge-trail-out-back-10-sights