1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
3. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
6. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
7. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
8. 0.2 miTurn right onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading SE.
9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading S.
10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
11. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
13. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
14. 0.5 miTurn right onto High School Trail, heading S.
15. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
16. 0.5 miSharp left onto Section Line Trail, heading E.
17. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bus Trail, heading E.
19. 300 ftPass Old Bus.
20. 0.6 miSharp right onto West Tiger 3 Trail, heading NE.
21. 150 ftSharp left onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading NE.
22. 0.6 miBear right onto Cable Line Trail, heading E.
23. 0.8 miBear left onto West Tiger RR Grade, heading SW.
24. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Abandoned West Tiger RR Grade, heading S.
25. 50 ftTurn right onto K-3 Trail, heading SW.
26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading SE.
27. 0.2 miPass West Tiger #2.
28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Tiger #2 Trail, heading NE.
29. 0.2 miReach West Tiger #2, then turn around and head back the way you came.
30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading S.
31. 0.3 miContinue straight onto K-3 Trail, heading SW.
32. 0.1 miTurn left onto Abandoned West Tiger RR Grade, heading S.
33. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Tiger RR Grade, heading S.
34. 0.5 miBear right onto Cable Line Trail, heading N.
35. 0.8 miBear left onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading NE.
36. 0.6 miSharp right onto West Tiger 3 Trail, heading N.
37. 150 ftSharp left onto Bus Trail, heading N.
38. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
39. 0.3 miTurn left onto Section Line Trail, heading W.
40. 50 ftSharp right onto High School Trail, heading W.
41. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
42. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rainier Trail, heading SW.
43. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
44. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading W.
46. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
47. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
48. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
49. 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading NW.
50. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
51. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
52. 200 ftTurn right onto Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
53. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
54. 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
55. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
56. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
57. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/talus-rocks-out-back