Nice short visit to this area while my partner played a soccer game. I got a 4.5 mile run in with a 0.7 mi warmup on the Trout Loop and a 0.3 mile cooldown on the likely wheelchair-friendly Tree Frog Loop. (Though note the Tree Frog loop has a lot of moss on it, which was slippery in todays rain.)

Really nice forest visible from the Trillium Trail. Wide, flat-packed gravel for most of it, with a couple small sections holding water but nothing terrible. The other trail coming back to the south lot basically follows a powerline - its rare I recommend an out-and-back but I'd say out-and-back on Trillium is nicer than looping.

I was trying to catch the Silers Mill trail, which was why I looped it, but ended up cutting it short. Something to look forward to next time I visit.

I think the mileage measurement may be off on GAIA for this place. I drew a route of the loop before I ran it and GAIA estimated it would be 5.45 miles. By the time I was done, GAIA said I'd done 5.36 miles but I'd cut off Silers Mill which is about 1.2 miles, so the initial route I mapped should have been longer.

Photo 1 - pond visible from viewing platform at end of Tree Frog trail
Photo 2 - Some nice forest sections
Photo 3 - Paved (!) Tree Frog trail
Photo 4 - Wettest section of powerline trail

Not too much mud, but boots came in handy more than once.  Very few downed trees to negotiate.  Parking lot filled by 10 am- quite a few people out on trails, being a weekend, but enough trails that it was not a problem.  Beautiful hike with nice variety of trees and vegetation. 

Nice afternoon hike in the watershed preserve.  Trails mostly dry, very quiet, only a few people out walking.  

#LoveLocalTrails

Just a beautiful gift of a spring day in winter so I made the most of it with a visit to the Redmond Watershed Preserve.  This is a great option for folks just getting back out there.  The trails are so well maintained and there was minimal mud and just a couple of puddles on the straightaway of the pipeline trail section.  I even wore my comfy tennies and did not regret it.  I entered from the main south lot with its nicely landscaped parking lot and spiffy restrooms, and made a large loop up the Trillium Trail and back on the Pipeline.  I added in the side trail to see how the beaver dam at "old pond" was holding up and a spin around the Tree Frog ADA loop to check for ducks.  Really enjoyed my 90 minutes or so of forest bathing and the frogs were having a blast too.  Some winter damage could be seen but nothing crazy and the main trails are already cleared.  And along with the spring like warmth I even saw some sun on the way back.

There is a small tree across the paved ADA loop so I noted obstacle for the report in case you are headed that way with a wheel chair etc.

A very wet and wonderful forest walk! What a beautiful preserve. Nice wide trails and a beautiful forest to wander through. We took a slight detour and saw a beaver dam as well. The parking lot was fairly empty when we got there a little after ten on a Saturday but I'm sure the weather was discouraging. It wasn't very cold, just very wet. The trees don't protect much from the rain. Very worth exploring, will be back.