My friends and I went to Tiger on a Sunday morning and climbed the new Master Link trail. I think it was quicker than the road trail and the switch backs definitely made it feel like less of a straight up climb. It was a hot day so the shade was great. After you finish Master Link there is a pretty steep road climb up to Predator and then on to OTG if you're going that way. We climbed to the summit and then took OTG  down. As always OTG was in pretty great shape. No real residual wet spots or difficult areas. However, there was some pretty signficant traffic since it was a really nice Sunday.