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.

We took the Trilium, Siler’s, and Pipeline trails for a total of 5.2 miles. Weather was good because it didn’t rain and warmed up to 46-ish. The trail is in excellent condition with several spots of lingering compact snow and a few minor slippery spots. 

Weather was cold but it was a good hike. There was just a little bit of snow on the plants on both sides of the trails. 

Just after 2pm on New Year's Eve, our family of 4 parked in the Main lot which was full.  From there we took the Trillium Trail to the Powerline Trail to The Pipeline Regional Trail to Siler's Mill Trail back to The Pipeline Regional Trail, returning on what we'd come in on. Funny that after 20 years of hiking in The Redmond Watershed, we ended up on a trail we'd never done before! (Siler's Mill Trail.) There's a glacial erratic on that stretch of trail! I've never seen one in the rest of the watershed.

This trail was relatively quiet given the full parking lot. Most people go down to the Mill Pond or do the 2 smaller loop trails by the parking lot as we have in the past. We saw about 10 hikers, 3 runners and 4 bikers.

The forest smelled magnificent as always. Beautiful, complex, peaceful. 4 miles in total. We used the bathrooms which, as always are so well kept and clean.